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ONONDAGA'S 


SOLDIERS  OF  W  REVOLUTION. 


OrriCIAL   RECORDS.  CO.'nPILED    BY 

TRANK  ri.  CIIASE^SECRETARY  OE 

THE  ONONDAGA  HISTORICAL 

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Published  by  the  Onondaga  Historical  Association. 


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.155       Onondaga's  soldiers  of  the  revolution 
Official  records.  I895.    47,(1)pd 

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The  story  of  Onondaga's  aljorigines 
in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  is  one  to 
put  to  blush  the  later  tenants  of  its  fruit- 
ful soil.  The  part  which  many  of  those 
same  ilrc-aded  warriors  and  their  lusty 
sons  played  in  the  condiet  of  1812,  sac- 
rilidng  life  in  the  short  and  sharp  bat- 
tles to  maintain  the  dearly  bonj^ht  inde- 
pendence, was  one  of  retrieval  for 
the  lionor  of  the  county's  native  inhabi- 
tants. 

Contrawise,  the  story  of  those  early 
settlers  of  Onondaga,  who  put  aside  the 
accountrenients  of  war  to  face  the  rigors 
(>(  a  new  country,  is  of  the  heroic  model. 
Historically,  it  is  inteiesting  to  all; 
genealogically,  the  held  is  more  limited, 
but  still,  in  Central  New  York,  so  wide 
as  to  attract  every  family  branch  which 
drew  life  from  those  lirst  comers. 

Colonial  records  give  no  enviable  place 
to  the  Onondaga  Indians  in  that  strug- 
gle. With  the  angry  warnings  of  Lex- 
ington and  linidver  Hill,  the  colonists 
sought  their  assistance,— at  least  to  em- 
ploy them  for  a  neutral  part,- but  their 
alliance  was  already  formed  with  the 
Tories  who  had  nnule  tlu'ir  villages 
l.laces  of  refuge.  Of  these  early  white 
sittlers  of  Onondaga,  who  came  lirst 
tor  safety  and  then  with  lU-ant  to- urge 
the  Indians  to  battle,  history's  page  is 
a  blank.  Under  their  chiefs  the  Onon- 
dagas  assisted  materially  in  the  defeats 
of  Harmer  and  St.  Clair  and  were  in 
the  retreat  when  the  tide  was  turneil  for 
independence  by  Wayne.  The  vengeance 
of  177!»,  when  Colonel  Van  Schaick  le<l 
the  expedition  to  destroy  the  Onondaga 
villages,  is  a  history  of  which  much 
has  been  written  to  show  how  the  col- 
onists repaid  the  Onondagas  for  their 
barbarities.  Of  the  imi'ortance  of  the 
crushing  <>(  the  Onondagas  one  resolu- 
tion of  Congress  indexes  the  .spirit  of 
tiie  time.  Uy  the  act  of  the  lOth  of 
May,  177!),  it  was  '•Kesolveii,  that  the 
thanks  of  Congress  be  presented  to  Col. 
(loose  Van  Schaick.  and  the  ■ollicers  and 
soldiers  \ihder  his  command,  for  their 
activity  and  good  con.lnct  in  the  late 
expedition  against  the  Oi .ingas."      So 


crushed  in  si)irit,  neglected  by  their  al- 
lies and  realizing  their  mistakes,  the 
definitive  treaty  by  which  the  Onondaga  " 
county  lands  were  purchased  and  thrown 
open  to  the  heroic  victors  in  war  was 
easily  accomplished.  The  Military  Tract 
history  is  interesting,  but  it  does  not 
coiiie  within  the  comi)ass  of  the  story 
of  Onondaga's  heroes  because  so  few 
made  settlement  upon  the  land-gift  for 
their  services.  The  names  of  the  revo- 
hitionary  sohliers  who  made  Onondaga 
their  home  are  not  to  be  read  in  the 
ballotting  book  which  is  a  record  of  al- 
lotment of  the  Military  Tract,  for  an 
average  of  thret'  soldier-settlers  to  a 
town  upon  the  lots  which  they  drew, 
would  be  an  extreme. 

Fully  three  hundred  of  those  brave 
men  who  dared  take  arms  against  the 
mother  country  made  Onondaga,  within 
its  present  limits,  their  home.  Home  in 
those  days  was  not  subj(-ct  to  a  shadowy 
caprice  governed  by  mercantile  advan- 
tage; it  meant,  to  the  great  nui.jority,  a 
place  for  wife,  <-hil(lren  and  self  for  life. 
Nearly  all  were  men  of  family,  and  to- 
day those  little  hostages  to  fortun(>  who 
were  born  in,  early  Onondaga  when  it 
was  the  frontier  of  a  great  and  unknown 
country,  have  a<hieved  their  measures  of 
success,  nniny  have  passed  on,  but  un- 
doubtedly all  have  left  descendants  who 
will  be  interested.  perhai)s  glad,  to  read 
the  records  of  their  patriotic  ancestors. 
For  hundreds  of  men  to  know  that  they 
come  of  Revolutionary  stock,  is  one 
thing;  to  know  the  heroic  service,  the 
battles  for  independence,  the  condition 
of  that  ancest(n-  in  the  tremulous  days 
of  the  Republic,— aye,  even  if  it  is  a 
story  of  i>overty, — is  'another  thing.  Tt 
is  that  story  which  should  have  long  ago 
be<>n  toll!  in  local  history.  To  those 
who  achieved  what  the  world  termed 
success  in  the  opening  of  the  century, 
prominence  has  already  been  given  upon 
the  printed  ))ag<>.  Vnr  the  sake  of  collec- 
tion the  endcjivor  will  be  to  nu-ntion  in 
these  articles  all  whose  records  have 
been  i)reserv(>d;  but  the  especial  object 
is  to  tell  of  those  heroes  who  nnxde  On- 


hndaga  tlieir  home,  and  who,  by  reason 
of  age,  auu  infirmities,  often  the  result 
of  the  hardships  of  war,  found  them- 
selves nearing  the  close  of  life's  battles 
_  with  little  to  make  home  comfortable  or 
^'even   to   sustain   life. 

In  ISIS  news  was  received  of  an  act 
of  Congress  for  the  pensioning  of  those 
^^oidiors  o."  whom  fortune  had  been  neg- 
lectful. With  rejoicings  tin*  news  was 
received  iti  Onondaga  county,  where  the 
I  business  depression  had  been  doulily 
hard  in  being  attendant  upon  the  natural 
vicissitudes  of  clearing  a  new  country. 
This  act  of  March  IS,  1818,  pensioned 
every  commissioned  and  non-commis- 
sioned officer,  musician  and  private  sol- 
dier, and  all  officers  in  the  hospital  de- 
partment and  on  the  medical  staff,  who 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war  of  the 
Itevolut'cn,  or  '.)■■  the  tei  mi  of  nine 
months  or  longer,  at  any  period  of  the 
war,  on  the  continental  establishment, 
who  was  yet  a  citizen,  "and  who  is,  or 
hereafter,  by  reason  of  his  reduced  cir- 
ciunstances  in  life,  shall  \h)  in  need  of 
assistance  from  his  country  for  sup- 
port." The  act  also  included  all  officers 
and  marines  in  the  naval  service  of  the 
United  States,  and  gave  to  each  officer 
!p20  per  month  during  life,  and  to  all 
'others  $8  per  mouth.  It  was  a  provision 
of  this  act  that  all  beneficiaries  must  re- 
linquish claims  to  all  pensions  thereto- 
fore allowed,  and  that  he  must  make  de- 
clarations in  courts  of  record. 

'I'Ims  If  was  that  at  th  ?  .ip'uing  of  tho 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  at  the  court 
liouse  at  Onondaga  Hill,  on  the  1st  of 
Repteml.>er,  1820,  a  scene  was  presented 
that  would  have  roused  the  patriotism 
of  every  true  lover  of  his  country.  It 
was  a  graiid  gathering  of  many  of  the 
old  hei'oes  who  stood  shoulder  to  should- 
(>r  for  the  land  of  the  fnn'.  There  were 
Lexington  minute  men,  batteau  men  of 
the  Susquehanna  and  Mohawk,  surviv- 
ors of  the  Long  Island  retreat  and 
scarred  and  withered  victims  of  the  noi- 
some prison-ship  and  Canadian  chains. 
More  than  a  hundred  survivors  of  tin 
Revolution  who  had  made  Onondaga 
M'unty  ilieir  hf  me,  that  day  took  oath  a.s- 
to  their  service,  their  families,  and,  alas, 
their  destitution.  These  oaths  were 
made  before  Judges  James  O.  Wattles, 


Joshua  Forman  and  Neliemiah  H.  Earil, 
bright  figures  shining  out  of  local  his- 
tory's pagQ. 

The  records  of  the  Revolutionary  he- 
roes, signed  that  day  in  open  court,  a 
few  on  sujjsequent  days.—telling  of  noble 
military  service  and  of  reverses  of  later 
life,— have  been  found.  Written  with  the 
(pdlis  upin  a  rather  poor  quality  of  pa- 
per and  with  a  still  poorer  quality  of 
ink,  tliey  are  now  difficult  of  translation, 
but  all  are  now  given  to  print  for  the 
first  time.  It  is  a  story  from  the  lives 
of  one  hundred  and  thirty-eight  men 
who  fo'ii^ht  in  the  battles  of  the  x-ontin- 
cntal  army,  say,  rather,  sharp  etchings, 
from  lives  that  knew  not  even  the  bar- 
est of  the  so-called  "'necessities"  of  the 
generations  which  came  after.  To  be 
without  a  bed  was  the' rule,  not  the  ex- 
ception; to  have  dishes  for  '"company,'' 
an  extravagance;  to  possess  books,  was 
rare  enough  to  be  commented  upon,  and 
to  be  worth  $1,000,  all  told,  was  to  be  a  ' 
"nabob." 

A   conq)lete   affidavit,   used   as   a   sam- 
ple of  those  from  which  records  are  now 
made  is  given: — 
'  State    of    New    York,     Onondaga    Coun- 
ty,  ss.  :— 

On  the  27th  day  of  February,  1822, 
personally  appeared  in  open  court,  in 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  in  and  for 
the  county  of  Onondaga,  being  a  court  of 
record  proceeding  accoi-ding  to  the  course 
of  common  law,  with  a  jurisdiction  un- 
limited in  point  of  amount,  and  keeping  a 
record  of  their  proceedings,  Robert  Pain, 
aged  73  years,  resident  in  Camillus,  In  , 
said  county,  who,  being  first  duly  sworn, 
according  to  law,  doth  on  his  oath  de- 
clare that  he  served  in  the  revolutionary 
war  as  follows:  That  he  enlisted  into  the  , 
service  of  the  United  States  in  the  year 
1780,  and  in  July  of  said  year,  at  West 
Point,  in  New  York,  he  joined  a  company 
commanded  by  Capt.  Pratt,  in  the  Fourth 
Massachusetts  regiment,  and  continued 
in  the  service  until  the  month  of  .July, 
1783,  when  he  was  discharged  at  West 
Point;  that  he  has  lost  his  discharge.  . 
Fnlistment  was  for  three  years,  and  I 
do  solemnly  swear  that  I  was  a  resident 
citizen  of  the  United  States,  on  the  18th 
day  of  March,  1818,  and  that  I  have  not 
since  that  time,  by  gift,  sale,  or  in  any 
manner  disposed  of  my  property,  or 
any  part  thereof,  with  intent  thereby  so 
to  diminish  it,  as  to  bring  myself  within 
the  provision  of  an  act  of  Congress,  en- 
titled "an  act  to  provide  for  certain  per- 
sons engaged  in  the  land  and  naval  ser- 
vice of  the  United  States,  in  the  Revolu-  ' 
tionary  War,"  passed  on  the  18th  day  of 
March,  1818,  and  that  I  have  not,  nor  has 


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any  person  in  trust  for  me,  any  property 
or  securities,  contract,  or  debts,  due  to 
me;  nor  liave  I  any  income  other  tlian 
what  is  contained  in  the  schedule  hereto 

■  annexed,  and  by  me  subscribed. 

Schedule  of  property:— 
Besides  clothing,   which  is  bare- 
ly sufficient,  I  have  but  a  knife 

,     which  cost    121/2  cents 

And  a  cane  worth  perhaps Xiy^  cents 

,         ■     ■  25      cents 

That  he  now  lives  with  his  son,  John 
L.  Pain,  in  the  town  of  Camillus,  upon 
whom  he  is  wholly  dependent  for  sup- 
port. He  has  no  family;  has  lost  the 
sig-ht  of  one  eye  entirely,  and  nearly 
bhnd  of  the  other— and  without  charity 
of  a  public  or  private  nature  is  totally 
unable. to  support  himself.  That  on  the 
23d  of  April,  181S,  he  made  an  application 
for  a  pension  to  William  Rogers,  a  judge 
of  Ontario  county,  which  has  been  sent 
to  and  returned  from  the  War  office.  • 
His 
.       ,  ■.        ROBERT    X    PAIN. 

>  !  :-^  mark 

'  Subscribed  and  sworn  in  open  court 
this  27th  day  of  February,  1822. 

N.  H.  KARLL, 
Judge  of  Onon.  Com.  Pleas. 
Property  valued  at  $0.25. 
,  Moiulay,  the  5th  of  July,  1824,  oeciuTed 
the  first  celebration  of  the  National 
ladepeudence  in  Syracuse.  In  its  de- 
scription of  this  event,  tiie  .Syracuse  Ga- 
zette of  July  7th  following,  says:  "It 
was  a  truly  interesting  sight  to  see 
among  our  fellow  citizens  wlio  partici- 
pated in  the  festivities  of  this  day,  about 
tliirty  of  the  remnant  of  that  gallant 
band  of  patriots  who  fought  in  the  Revo- 
lution. These  spared  monuments  of  our 
country's  boast  honored  the  company 
with  their  presence  throughout  the  day, 
giving  a  zest  to  the  festivities  rarely 
to  be  found  in  common  celebrations  of 
this  national  anniversary."  Adding  to 
this  the  Cheney  Reminiscences  say:  "The 
aged  veterans  fast  disappeared,  and  at 
the  next  celebration  only  about  half  the 
members  were  present.  The  second  year 
following  they  were  still  fewer  in  num- 
ber: and  finally  all  sank  into  honored 
graves,  amid  the  regrets  of  many  true 
patriots.  In  1824,  the  thirty  veterans 
who  were  present  walked  in  the  proces- 
sion, but  in  the  succeeding  years,  time 
had  made  so  great  inroads  on  their  ranks 
and  constitutions  that  carriages  were  pro- 
vided for  their  accommodation." 

While  the  printed  record  shows  but  a 
muster  of  thirty  of  the  old  soldiers  for 
the  first  Fourth  of  July  celebration  in 
Syracuse,  the  court  records  now  brought 


to  light  show  at  least  one  hundred  more 
soldiers  who  did  not  join  in  the  festivi- 
ties. Neither  did  all  the  old  patriots  die 
within  the  next  few  years.  It  was  not 
of  such  stuff  that  the  soldiers  and  front- 
iersmen of  Onondaga  were  made.  Many 
lived  on  to  that  hale  and  hearty  old  age 
which  is  not  reckoned  by  a  paltry  "three 
score  and  ten."  In  1840  there  were  one 
hundred  and  twelve  Revolutionary  sol- 
diers alive  in  Onondaga  county,  all  draw- 
ing pensions,  not  one  but  had  lived  his 
allotted  "three  score  and  ten"  years, — 
indeed  one  had  pushed  the  century  mark 
aside  and  added  five  years  to  that.  As 
a  study  in  longevity  alone,  the  Revolu- 
tionary people  of  Onondaga  are  interest- 
ing- 

The  attempt  has  been  made  to  add  to 
the  record  of  early  Revolutionary  set- 
tlers, now  first  printed,  all  others  who 
took  up  residence  in  this  county,  and 
whose  Revolutionary  service  has  been 
authenticated.  The  record  will  be  given 
according  to  residence  in  the  old  towns 
of  1820,  Ponipey  coming  first  by  reason 
of  its  early  settlement  by  soldiers  and 
officers  from  Connecticut  and  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Pumpey. 

In  tlie  old  town  of  Ponipey,  which  in- 
cluded the  present  town  of  Lafayette, 
were  fifty-eight  Revolutionary  soldiers, 
who  certainly  made  their  homes  there. 
Resides  these  gallant  defenders  of  the 
continental  establishment,  there  were 
other  residents  who  played  active  parts 
in  the  hitter  conflict.  North  from  the 
village  of  Pompey,  on  the  Manlius  road, 
settled  John  Bars,  a  Hessian,  in  about 
ISOO.  He  was  one  of  the  thousand  pris- 
oners taken  by  Washington,  at  Trenton, 
in  1770.  Among  the  very  early  settlers 
of  the  western  part  of  the  town,  now 
I^afayette,  were  Ilendrick  Upperhousen, 
a  Hessian,  who  was  captured  from  the 
British  army,  and  John  Hill,  also  a  Hes- 
sian. Asa  Drake  was  also  an  early  set- 
tler of  tlie  liafayette  end  of  Pompey.  As 
a  boy  he  had  heard  the  guns  of  Bunker 
Hill  and  was  an  active  witness  though 
not  a  soldier  in  many  of  the  battles  of 
the  Revolution.  In  detail  the  soldier- 
records  follow: — 

KL.TSHA  BAT^DWIN— 

When  lOlisha  Baldwin  swore  to 
the    value    of    his     property    upon    the 


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1st  of  September,  1S20,  he  w.-vs 
(j1  yeiirs  of  ajre.  His  service  was  in  the 
coinpauy  of  (Jajit.  Thomas  Converse,  in 
the  retriment  of  Heman  Smith,  and  the 
lirijjade  commaMdcd  liy  (General  Iluntinj,'- 
ton.  'IMiis  service  was  in  the  Connecticut 
line  for  tiie  pei'iod  of  three  years.  tj|)on 
close  tij;nrinK.  Mr.  Baldwin  made  the  to- 
tal value  of  his  pro|)erty  hut  $45.74.  His 
schedule  of  assets  is  exceedingly  typical 
of  the  tim(>.  His  cow  h«'  valued  at  .$!;"), 
and  a  hog  at  .$4.r)().  Six  hundred  feet  of 
?>ine  hoards  were  iiut  in  at  $4.  Of  two 
chests.  on(>  was  calculated  to  be  worth 
$r»  and  the  other  but  ">()  cents.  The  ta- 
ble was  plac<'d  at  $:ir)(),  and  this  is  the 
cost  of  its  furnishin>?s:  1  tea  pot,  9 
cents;  0  knives  and  forks,  75  cents;  0 
table  sijoons,  35  cents;  C  tea  spoons,  20 
cents;  3  earthen  ware  bowls,  25  cents; 
1  set  of  cui)s  and  saucers,  25  cents;  0 
table  plates,  50  cents,  and  H  knives,  30 
cents.  Two  kettles  and  a  spider  made 
up  a  value  of  $4.50.  Mr.  Baldwin  was 
quite  literary  for  the  time,  for  he  pos- 
scs.sed,  besid<'s  a  Bible  valued  at  25 
cents,  a  ('lerk's  Magazine  worth  50 
cents;  1  C'olumbian  Orator,  and  an  En- 
glish reader  at  25  cents  each,  and  3 
school  books  put  in  at  a  lumped  sum  of 
$1.  With  a  tea  k.'ttle,  2  pails,  3  casks 
and  a  debt  of  $1S  due  him  from  A.  i^ 
I.  Cre^o,  the  revolutionary  soldier  closed 
the  entire  sum  of  his  jiossessions.  To 
offset  this  he  ti^ured  debts  of  $4<;  to  va- 
rious i)arties  for  Ki"iiii>  iind  ;,'oods,  amony 
them  one  of  $4  to  Boe  iV:  Baker  for  iron 
ware.  Out  of  this  estate  Baldwin  said 
he  had  to  sui)port  a  wife  and  five  child- 
ren, the  latter  between  the  ages  of  10 
and  IS.  He  said  that  he,  himself,  was 
inlirm  and  sulTcriii;,'  from  physical  troub- 
les.     His  wife   was  -IS  years  of  a^e. 

DAVIU   BLACKMAN— 

The  service  td'  David  lUackman  was 
for  three  years.  He  enlisted  in  May, 
1777,  in  ('aplain  Whiting's  compMiiy, 
(!ol.  Samuel  Webb's  I'cKiment  of  (Connec- 
ticut troops.  lie  served  in  this  coi'iis 
during  the  whole  of  the  lhre«^  years  and 
was  rcKidarly  di.scliar^'cd.  His  a^e  at 
file  time  of  the  making  of  this  slatenuuit 
in  Septendier,  bSi'O,  was  (;2.  His  prop- 
erty the  court  adjudged  to  amount  to 
$3(>.!)7,  and  his  debts  at  $20.  Uesidiuf,' 
with  him  at  that  time  were  his  dau;,'h1er, 
Afatilda  Catharin<;,  a^ed  23,  and  Andrew 


Blackman,  her  son,  aged  2.  Among 
those  whom  David  owed  were  the  well- 
known  early  settlers,  Isaac  and  John 
Deh) mater.  Blacknnin  said  that  he  was 
but  a  common  laborer,  and  -in  that  way 
was  umible  to  sui)i)ort  himself.  His  in- 
ability to  labor  was  occasioned  by  age 
and  woun<ls  received  in  the  war,  for 
which  he  had  a  certificate  allowing  liim 
a    iicnsion. 

AMOS    BENEDICT—  ,! 

In  the  year  1775,  Amos  Benedict  en-: 
listed  \yith  Capt.  Josei)h  Smith's  com-' 
PMuy,  in  Col.  Waterbury's  regiment, 
('onnecticnt  line,  for  seven  months,  and 
served  a  part  of  the  time.  He  was  then 
discharged  because  of  illness.-  In  the 
year  177S,  in  May,  at  Sheffield,  Mass.,i 
Beiu'dict  again  cast  his  lot  with  the 
jiatriots,  eidisting  in  Capt.  Stone's  com- 
l)any,  Brewer's  regiment  and  Paterson's 
Itrigade,  Massachusetts  line.  His  en- 
listment was  for  ten  months  and  he, 
.served  a  part  of  that  season  in  that 
coriis,  and  a  i)ait  of  his  enlistment,  inl 
a  "Hying  camp"  in  Ilandley's  com- 
liany,  as  he  believes,  and  in  Brew- 
er's regiment,  and  was  again  re-| 
turm;d  to  Stone's  comi>any,  and  then 
discharged  at  the  end  of  his  ten 
months'  service.  Benedict  was  a  black-' 
smith  by  trade,  sind  said  he  was  ()2  vears 
old  in  November.  ISli).  Benedict's'wifoi 
I'olly  was  then  52,  and  his  children  were 
Alonzo,  Daniel.  I'oll.r,  Ira  and  Anna.. 
The  division  of  Benedict's  assets  andt 
liabilities  was  startlingly  uneven.  His' 
proj.erty  was  adjudged  to  be  worth, 
$l'2(i.S(),  while  his  debts  amounted  to 
$1,00<).  The  sad  story  of  hard  times 
was  told  in  the  simple  line:  "Proceedings' 
of  eji>ctment  have  been  commenced 
against  me  to  |nit  me  off  the  farm,  as  it' 
has  been  S(dd  <m  ex(>cution."  Benedict' 
claimed  that  there  had  been  a  fraud  in 
tlH>  loss  of  his  farm.  The  History  of  the 
Pompey  Il<'union  shows  that  in  1S0(5. ; 
Bcnc<lict  had  a  blacksmith's  shop  two^ 
ndles   north    from   Delphi.  ; 

DANIEtj    BTTNCE—  i 

When  Daniel  Bunco  appeared] 
bel'oie  the  court  in  1820,  he  said 
he  was  71  years  of  age.  In  the  year 
1777  he  enlisted  in  Cai)tain  Miller's  com- 
I)i:ny  in  the  First  Mtis.s.-ichusetts  regi- 
ment. He  continued  as  a  soldier  in  this 
regiment  until  1<.>3,  the  close  of  the 
war,   when  lie  was  discharged   at  New- 


burg,  N.  Y.  The  value  of  his  property 
was  found  to  crowd  his  debts  pretty 
closely,  the  former  boirif?  figured  at  $41.- 
3t),  and  the  hitter  at  ^7>{).  liis  family 
then  consisted  of  his  wife,  aged  45,  and 
of  a  most  delicate  constitution,  and 
three  chddren,  the  oldest  V2.  lie  said 
that  for   four  or  live  years   previous   he 


iliie 


because 


had  been  u 
of  asthma. 
LEMUEL  COOK- 

'i'he  nanu!  of  this  revolutionary 
soldier  occurs  often  in  the  his- 
tory of  I'ouipey.  h'or  two  years  and 
six  months  he  served  in  the  colonial 
army;  from  Decemlier,  17S(»,  to  June,  , 
IT80.  He  enlisted  to  serve  during  the 
war  in  Colonel  Sheldon's  regiment  of 
light  dragoons,  in  Captain  Stanton's 
company  of  light  infantry,  and  continued 
to  serve  in  the  same  corps  during  the 
whole  term  and  was  regidarly  dis- 
charged. The  value  of  his  property  was 
l)laced  at  $24.19.  His  wife,  Hannah, 
gives  her  age  at  that  time,  1820,  as 
51,  while  Mr.  Cook  said  he  was  55. 
They  had  one  daughter,  Hannah,  and 
two  sons,  Gilbert  and  Selali.  By  reason 
of  injuries  received  during  the  war,  the 
soldier  said  he  was  unable  to  labor  suf- 
ficiently to  support  himself  and  family. 
In  the  reunion  and  history  of  Pompey, 
Mr.  Cook  is  found  in  ISlU,  subscribing 
for  the  erection  of  the  since  famous 
I'ompey  academy,  $25,  or  jnst  81  cents 
more  than  all  his  property  was  consid- 
ered to  be  worth  in  1820.  His  signature 
is  also  found  as  one  of  the  incorporators  ' 
of  the  Pompey  academy. 
■  HEZEKIAH   CLARK— 

'1  his  affidavit  is  made  by  Daniel  Gilbert 
of  Salina,  as  a  committee  for  Hezekiab 
Clark,  who  was  at  tliat  time,  the  29th 
of  November,  1822,  a  lunatic.  It  was  a 
sad  ending  for  one  of  tiie  earliest  physi- 
cians of  the  town  of  Pompc.v.  The  com- 
mittee says  that  Clark  was  late  a  sur- 
geon's mate  in  the  army,  and  that  he 
tlien  residcMJ  with  Ills  son,  John  H.  Clark 
in  Pompey,  where  he  had  resiiled  for  sev- 
enteen years.  Previous  to  that  time  ho 
resided  in  Lanesboro,  Mass.,  the  ath- 
davit  said,  and  he  was  about  G5  years 
of  age.  His  family  consisted  of  his  wife 
and  Lucy,  John  II.,  Moses  B.  and  Theo- 
dore K.  Clark,  liis  cliildren.  Re<'orded 
history,  however,  shows  that  he  had 
three  other  children  alive  at  that  time. 


While  a  schedule  of  his  assets  shows  an 
estate  of  but  $30,  his  lial)ilities  are  said 
to  have  been  quite  large.  He  owed  among 
others,  James  Jackson  of  Manlius,  Dan- 
iel Tibbals,  Victory  Birdseye,  Buel  & 
Stanton  and  Thonuis  Marsh  of  Pompey. 
Hozekiah  Clark  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Trumbtdl,  siii'geon's  mate  in  the 
Third  Connecticut  regiment.  He  was  in 
the  service  two  years,  and  by  reason  of 
protracted  illness  left  the  army.  After- 
ward, when  l-'oit  Griswold  was  captured 
by  the  British  under  the  traitor  Arnold, 
he  went  to  tlie  awful  scene  and  gave  pro- 
fessional aid.  Three  of  the  men  whom 
he  succored  at  that  time,  visited  Pompey 
thirty  years  later  in  order  to  thank  him, 
JEKIEL  FOOT— 

The  servic(!  of  Jekiel  Foot  was  for 
two  years  and  two  months,  from  April, 
1781,  to  June,  1783.  He  said  in  his 
affidavit  of  September.  1820,  that  he  was 
GO  years  of  age.  He  enlisted  to  serve 
during  the  war  and  joined  the  Second 
Massachusetts  regiment,  commanded  by 
Colonel  Ebenezer  Sprout,  on  the  22(1  of 
April,  1781.  He  at  first  served  under 
Capt.  Drew,  and,  after  Drew's  promo- 
tion, under  C:\pt.  Cooper.  At  that  time 
Mr.  Foot's  wife.Lucretia,  was  45;  and  his 
three  children.  Flizab<-th,  23;  Dorothy, 
7,  and  Luclnda,  5,  lived  with  him,  while 
his  four  otiier  childrt-n  were  providing 
for  themselves  away  from  home.  They 
were  Benjamin,  Catharine,  Samuel  A. 
aiu.  Sally.  He  hgured  the  total  value 
of  his  pro|)erty  at  $71.10,  and  his  debts 
at  $55.<)7.  The  "property"  included  a 
broken  bake  kettle,  tliret?  salt  barrels,  a 
candle  mold.  Hail  and  a  hundred 
sheaves  of  wheat  at  $2.  Foot  said  he 
had  a  debt  fiom  Steph(>n  Delamater  of 
.$(»  which  he  considered  bad.  He  owed 
Azariah  Smith,  Asaph  Tcall,  Starr  & 
Tavlor,  Cranston  &  Gardner  and  others. 
The  census  of  1840  .showed  l'\wt  still 
alive  at  the  ripe  age  of  80,  despite  the 
inlirmities  wliich  he  said  he  jiossessed 
in  1820. 
ENOS  GREENFIELD— 

Wlien  Fnos  Greenfield  swore  to  Ins 
services  in  the  Kevolution.  before  the 
court  in  1820,  he  said  he  was  71  years 
of  age.  He  said  that  he  enlisted  in  No- 
vember or  DecembtM-,  1775,  for  one  year, 
at  New  London,  Conn.,  in  Col.  Charles 
Webb's  regiment.  Conned icut  line.  He 
served  until  about  January  1,  1777,  when 


hp  was  (lischargod  at  Fishkill.  Green- 
field was  iu  the  battles  of  White  Plains, 
and  Flathush,  on  Jiung  Island.  Green- 
field had  no  family  dependent  on  him 
for  support,  at  that  time,  and  he  lived 
with  ids  son-in-law  at  I'onipey.  His 
estate  lie  vahuMl  at  !f87.25.  In  this  sum 
there  was  a  cow  (i>,'ured  at  .'fll,  a  pair 
of  jiloufjh  irons  at  Jfo,  and  seven  old  drag 
teeth  at  .'j^2.5(>.  Besides  In;  had  a  note 
against  Thomas  Dyei-  for  $4,  and  one 
against  one  Ilandin,  who  had  abseonded. 

SAMUEL   HUMPHREYS— 

Samuel  IIuini)hreys  made  his  affidavit 
of  ^•ervice  in  the  Kevolutionary  war  in- 
order  that  he  might  testify  for  and 
assist  John  Wilcox  1o  obtain  a  iiension. 
He  said  he  was  ("»,">  years  of  age  and  a 
resident  of  I'oniiu'y.  He  was  of  that 
part  of  the  town  which  was  taken  to 
form  Lafayette  in  ISLir).  He  said  that 
in  tlie  year  1777  he  enlisted  with  a  com- 
pany of  artificers  commanded  l)y  Capt. 
I'igef)n  or  I'eon,  (neither  name  is  givi-n 
in  the  army  lists),  "and  while  the  com- 
pany was  afterwards  comnmnded  by 
Cai)t.  Moses  Cook  of  Col.  Hughes'  regi- 
ment, the  (puirtermaster's  department, 
whether  of  the  ^Massachusetts  line  or 
Connecticut  line,  deponent  cannot  posi- 
tively say,  Pigeon  was  a  ^Massachusetts 
man,  but  Cook  a  Connecticut  man,  and 
the  chief  part  of  the  comiyany  Connecti- 
cut men."  Mr.  IInmi)hreys  then  gave 
his  recollection  of  Wilco.x,  his  aflidavit 
I»eing  taken  before  Victory  Birdseye. 
He  said  he  was  brought  np  in  the  same 
neighborhood  with  Wilcox,  Simsbury, 
Connecticut.  In  the  census  of  1840, 
Ilumpreys  is  still  found  to  be  living  at 
the  age  of  84,  a  resident  of  the  town  of 
Lafayette  and   a   pensioner. 

FRANCIS  HALE— 

In  182(>  Francis  Hale  made  affidavit 
that  he  was  then  (>4  years  of  age,  and 
that  he  enlisted  in  .lames  Buckston's 
company,  and  was  transferi'ed  to  Oliver 
Rouse's  corajtauy  of  infantry.  Col.  Jack- 
son's regiment.  First  brigade,  and  re- 
mained until  the  close  of  the  war.  He 
said  that  the  total  value  of  his  proi)er1y 
was  but  ^:\3.U'.),  while  he  owed  .1^81. 87. 
He  [)ossessed  what  few  of  the  Uev(dn- 
lionary  soldiers  seenu'd  to  jwssess  in 
their  lists  of  properties,  a  ^turkey.  With 
him  lived  nis  wife,  aged  57,  and  a  daugh- 
ter aged   IS  luiil   a   son   of   l.'i.     Said   he: 


"I  am  infirm  and  Have  been  lame  ever 
since  the  war,  occasioned  by  misplacing 
the  knee  pan  of  my  left  knee  while  iu 
service,  and  my  left  hip  is  partially 
perished  in  consequence  of  rlnjumatism." 
The  history  of  Oran  shows  tliat  Hale 
in  1802  purchased  lot  12  of  Judge  Butler 
and  settled  upon  it. 
SAMUEL    JOHNSON— 

At  the  time  of  making  his 
alfidavit  iu  1820,  Samuel  John 
son  was  G8  years  of  age.  He  served  in 
('apt.  Starr's  company,  in  Col.  Hunting- 
ton's regiment,  Connecticut  line.  He 
took  oath  that  he  had  not  income  or 
property  of  any  kind  whatever,  and  his 
occui)ation  was  that  of  a  common  la- 
borer. He  said:  "I  have  no  family  and 
I  reside  in  the  family  of  Adolphus  Sweet 
and  1  deiiend  on  his  charity  for  my  daily 
support,  except  the  amouat  of  my  pen- 
sion." This  is  further  evidenced  by 
Adolphus  Sweet's  reci'ipt  for  Johnson's 
pensiou  certificate,  found  among  the  pa- 
pers. 
JEREMIAH  JAjCKSON— 

This  pensioner  was  undoubtedly  the 
son  of  Col.  Jerenuah  Jackson  who  served 
as  captain  in  the  Itevolutionary  war,  and 
was  an  early  settler  of  this  county.  Jere- 
miah Jackson  said  that  he  enlist?d  in 
Col.  William  Shepard's  regiment  in  the 
Massachusetts  line  and  served  for  three 
years.  He  was  qiute  wealthy  for  the 
average  Kevolutiomiry  soldier  of  the 
time,  as  his  entire  property  was  valued 
at  $1,800.72.  The  bulk  of  this  sum  was 
nmde  up  of  the  value  of  realty,  as  he 
possessed  eighty  acres  worth  $1,000.  In 
his  schedule  of  property  is  also  to  l)e 
found  numerous  articles  quite  rare  to 
the  other  lists  of  pensioners,  such  as  a 
two-i)int  bottle  and  a  three  and  a  half 
pint  bottle,  two  wine  glasses  and  a  do- 
canter.  Besides  he  had  two  fire  shovels, 
two  pair  of  fire  dogs  and  two  pair  of 
tongs.  His  own  age  was  then  (>0,  his 
wife  was  55,  and  they  had  two  boys, 
14  and  19.  Jackson  owed  $100. 
PHINEAS    MIOIGS^ 

At  the  time  Phineas  Meigs  made  his 
aflhlnvit,  upon  the  27th  of  November, 
1820,  h(^  was  64  years  oM.  He  erdistei 
;ind  served  in  the  comjtany  of  Capt. 
Samuel  Barker,  in  Col.  Meigs'  regiment 
of  the  Connecticut  line,  for  three  years 
1I(>  possessed  a  hoiise  and  a  half  acre  o' 


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land  which  he  valued  at  $100.  This  with  ' 
other  property  brought  the  tt)tal  amount 
of  his  possessions  to  $1159.t>2,  and  to 
offset  this  he  figured  up  debts  amounting 
to  ^2r,).r»5.  He  had  one  son,  1(5  years 
old,  and  his  wife,  living  with  him. 

ISAAC    MOORE— 

Isaac  .Mooi\'  must  have  been  but  a 
mere  lad  M'hen  he  enlisted  in  Capt.  Isaae 
nubble's  company.  Col.  Lamb's  artillery 
regiment,  for  the  war  for  independence, 
as  he  was  but  50  years  of  age  when  he 
signed  iiis  application  in  1S20.  He  placed 
the  value  of  all  his  property  at  .^l-"}!, 
and  among  those  debts  which  were  ow- 
ing him  was  one  from  Ihe  old  settler, 
.lames  DePuy. 
MOfeCS   MOUL.THROP— 

Or  Moses  MouKrup,  as  his  name  is  in 
one  place  siiclled,  was  also  (luite  young 
when  he  eidisted.  as  he  gave  his  age  as 
50  in  1SL>(i.  lie  sei'ved  for  two  years 
and  seven  months,  from  Ai)ril,  17S1,  till 
the  fall  of  its;?,  in  Col.  Swift's  regiment, 
Connecticut  trooi>,  and  in  Capt.  I'eter 
Itobertson's  eomijany.  He  was  in  tliis 
corps  the  entire  period  of  his  service. 
He  eidisted  for  thret>  years,  but  was  dis- 
chargi'd  a  Cew  months  before  that  time 
expired.  The  total  value  of  his  prop- 
erty .Moulthrop  put  at  $0,  and  he  said 
the  debts  he  ow(>d  amounted  to  $100. 
He  said  his  wife  Anna  was  W  years 
old.  iind  his  son  Charles  was  L'O.  At 
that  time  In;  was  a  farmer  and  lived 
with  his  son-in-law.  By  the  census  of 
1840  Moulthroi»  was  still  shown  to  be  up- 
mi  the  i)ension  rolls,  and  his  age  was  70. 
At  that  tim(>  he  lived  by  hims<df. 
JOSKFH   McMILLEN— 

In  maUiiig  his  aliidavit  on  the  .list  of 
May,  1S-J1.  .Iosei)h  Me.Millen  said  that 
he  served  by  sea  and  land  the  greater 
part  of  the  time  during  the  Kevolution.- 
ary  war;  that  he  served  on  board  the 
frigate  Warren,  "rising  of  one  year," 
under  (.'ommodore  Hopkins,  eommenc- 
ing  in  SeptiMiiber,  1777,  and  ending  late 
in  the  fall  of  177S.  He  gave  his  age  as 
(•,:!,  ;iiid  said  that  he  owned  'J5  acres  o( 
liiud  in  the  town  of  I'ompi'y.  worth  .^fl-J 
an  acre,  with  a  mortgage  of  $428  upon 
it,  and  no  means  of  iiaying  it  olf.  lie 
was  a  gardener  by  occupation,  and  iiis 
entir^'  pvop<'i-ty  was  considered  worth 
.i;25. .'.<►,  without  counting  any  loss  upon 
the    land.      His    wife    was    not    living. 


Joseph  McMillen  also  made  an  affidavit 
a.s  to  his  brother  Peter's  .service  upon  the 
Warren  frigate,  then  one  of  the  ships  of 
war  of  the  United  States.  He  said  that 
he  serveil  with  him  during  that  tinie, 
having  entered  on  board  with  him,  and 
both  receiving  their  discharge  at  the 
same  tinu'.  Among  the  early  settlers  of 
Lafayette,  then  I'ompey,  were  James, 
Asa  and  Joseph  McMillen,  brothers, 
who  were  carpenters  and  joiners.  Jo- 
seiih  and  .lames  iNfcMillen  built  the  first 
flamed  hotel  in  the  village  of  Lafayette, 
of  which  Stoughton  Mor.se  was  landlord. 
PETIOR    McMlLLEN— 

In  his  atlidavit  of  the  same  date  as  his 
brother,  Peter  McMillen  said  he  was  71 
years  of  age.  In  the  fall  of  '77  he  en- 
tered on  board  the  Warren  frigate  and 
served  on  board  her  until  late  in  the 
fall  of  '7S.  He  said  that  he  served  more 
than  a  year  and  his  brother  Joseph 
could  prove  the  service.  He  said  he  was 
supported  by  the  overseers  of  the  town 
of  I'ompey,  and  he  had  been  so  supported 
since  August,  1810.  His  wife  was  then 
05  years  old  and  had  lived  with  him  40 
years.  They  had  no  children,  only  kin- 
dred. His  total  property  he  figured  at 
.f4<>.S7  and  the  articles  in  the  list  typical 
of  his  .sailor  life  were  a  sea  chest  and  a 
transit. 
JOHN  NEARING— 

The  pensioner  served  in  Captain  Aaron 
Austin's  company,  in  Col.  Charles  Bur- 
rail's  regiment  of  Connecticut  troop, 
and  was  in  the  same  company  and  regi- 
ment when  discharged.  His  age  was 
given  as  07.  A  value  of  $212.70  was 
jiut  upon  his  property,  which  included 
debts  owing  him  by  L  Ncaring,  Abner 
Hamblin,  Henry  Lyman,  Chester  Chad- 
wick  and  Havid  Case.  Nearing  said  that 
bis  health  was  very  feeble  tlie-i,  and  his 
wife  was  04  years  of  age. 
JOHN    SpOOR—  ,     ^„„^ 

It  was  upon  the  3d  day  of  March,  1823, 
that  John  Spoor  made  his  application. 
He  v/as  then  71  years  of  age,  and  he 
said  his  service  was  as  follows:  That 
he  enlistetl  in  Capt.  Thomas  Dewitt's 
company,  in  Col.  Pe(<'r  Gansevoort's 
regiment.  New  York  line,  in  1770,  and 
served  four  years.  He  was  apiwinted 
an  ensign  in  1770,  and  continued  so  until 
discharged.  He  said  he  owned  "nineteen 
acres  of  very  poor  land  in  Pompey  worth 
not  over  $5  per  jicre,"    Enumerfiteci  with 


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his   property,    which   was   all   valued   at 
$265.81,  was  a  pair  of  "old  andirons  with 
the  feet  off."  He  owed  $200.     His  wife, 
aced  00,  and  daughter,  lived  with  him. 
BENJAMIN  SUTTON— 

For  three  years'  service  Benjamin  Sut- 
ton enlisted  on  the  1st  of  January,  1777, 
until  the  1st  of  January,  1780,  and  was 
duly  discharged.  His  whole  time  was 
spent  in  Col.  Seth  Warner's  regiment  of 
light  infantry,  and  in  Col.  Jeremiah  Bur- 
roughs' regiment.  Upon  the  1st  of  Sep- 
tember, 1820,  he  said  he  was  75  years 
old,  and  that  all  his  property  was  valued 
at  $21.37.  He  had  no  family,  but  lived 
with  his  sons,  Roswell  and  Moses  Sut- 
ton. At  that  time  Sutton  was  nearly 
blind.  Sutton  was  a  resident  of  Onon- 
daga in  1800. 
AMBROSE    SQUIRES— 

When  Ambrose  Squires  enli.sted  in  the 
Massachusetts  line  he  could  have  been 
but  15  years  of  age,  as  he  said  he  was 
but  54  years  old  in  1820.  He  served  in 
the  company  commanded  by  Captain 
Pray,  in  Col.  Joseph  Vose's  regiment, 
from  1781  to  the  fall  of  1783,  when  he 
was  duly  discharged.  In  qualifying  for 
relief  under  the  pension  act,  he  said  that 
the  total  value  of  his  property  was  but 
$52.50,  and  that  he  had  debts  amount- 
ing to  $17.  His  cow  he  valued  at  $10; 
two  hogs  and  a  pig  at  $4.20,  a  three-pail 
kettle  and  a  "porage"  pot  at  $1.50,  while 
Garret  Van  Hoosen,  jr.,  of  Tully,  owed 
him  $3.  Among  other  creditors  of 
Squires  were  Thomas  Abbott  and 
Schuyler  King.  Squires  was  a  common 
laborer,  and  he  had  a  wife  and  three 
children  living  at  home. 
RICHARD    TOWNSEND— 

When  he  made  his  application  on  the 
1st  of  March,  1822,  Richard  Townsend 
was  63  years  of  age.  In  the  year  1778, 
Townsend  said  he  resided  in  Charmont, 
now  the  county  of  Green,  and  in  April 
or  May,  at  Esopus,  Ulster,  he  enlisted  as 
a  private  in  the  regiment  of  the  New 
York  line  of  Col.  Gansevoort,  company 
of  Captain  Johnson.  Townsend  contin- 
ued in  the  service  until  the  spring  of 
1780,  at  which  time  he  left  the  regiment 
by  the  written  consent  and  permission  of 
Col.  Gansevoort,  and  wont  as  waiter  to 
Robert  R.  Livingston,  Member  of  Con- 
gress, in  which  capacity  he  served  until' 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  also  swears 
that  he  enlisted  for  and  during  the  Revo- 


lutionary war.  His  schedule  of  property 
showed  "barely  enough  to  get  victuals  on 
the  table,"  fend  had  a  total  value  of 
$18.46.  His  wife  was  59  years  of  age, 
and  had  been  blind  for  four  years. 
DAVID   WATKINS— 

David  AVatkins  was  a  young  man  when 
he  enlisted  in  the  Second  Massachusetts 
regiment.  He  had  reached  the  age  of 
58  in  1820.  He  said  that  he  served  for 
three  years,  from  June,  1777,  to  the  4th 
of  June,  1780,  his  regiment  being  com- 
manded first  by  Col.  John  Bailey,  and  af- 
terwards by  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bad- 
lam,  by  whom  he  was  discharged,  in 
Capt.  Hugh  Maxwell's  company.  This 
service  was  continued,  except  for  one 
season,  when  Watkins  volunteered  into 
the  light  infantry  under  Captain  Aldeu. 
While  Watkins  was  the  possessor  at 
just  that  time  of  50  acres  of  land  on  the 
town  lot  in  Pompey,  his  excuse  for  not 
jilacing  a  value  upon  it  was  suflicient. 
It  was  subject  to  a  mortgage  of  .$450, 
and  nearly  four  years'  interest,  at  least 
$1."0  of  which  was  in  judgment,  and  one 
and  one-half  years  interest,  or  ,$48  more, 
not  in  judgment.  He  thought  this  was  at 
least  the  the  whole  value  of  the  land, 
which  he  said  he  bought  with  tlie  hope 
of  paying  for  it  out  of  his  pension.  His 
entire  property  was  adjudged  to  be  worth 
$227.95,  while  he  figured  up  debts  of 
$2'_*6.  Among  those  whom  Watkins  owed 
was  the  early  settler,  Azariah  Smith, 
who  undoubtedly  had  taken  up  Wat- 
kins' case  as  evidenced  by  a  note  from 
him  to  D.  Moseley,  of  the  date  of  Au- 
gust 6th,  1821.  "Please  send  me  the  re- 
turns and  memorandum  from  the  war 
office  in  the  cases  of  Asa  Merrill.  David 
Watkins  and  Stephen  Leonard,  pension- 
ers. Also,  please  send  me  David  Wat- 
kins' original  schedule,  which  I  shall  re- 
turn in  two  or  three  days."  Watkins'. 
family  at  that  time  consisted  of  nine 
persons  including  himself.  There  was 
his  wife,  Betsey  W.,  37  years  old;  his 
daughter  Polly,  aged  22;  Lewis  and 
Polly  Neely,  aged  10  and  12,  children  of 
his  wife;  his  sons,  Stuart,  David  W.,  and 
Thomas  Watkins,  aged  6  and  4  years, 
and  5  months,  and  Sally,  3  years  old, 
the  daughter  of  Polly.  Watkins  said 
he  was  a  cordwainer,  and  "tolera'jy 
healthy."  He  then  drew  a  pension  of 
$8  a  month, 


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■      JOHN  WILCOX— 

•  The  papers  of  John  Wilcox,  credited  in 
;-"      many  histories  with  being  the  first  white 
'       settler  in  the  town  of  Pompey,   are  in- 
teresting  in   showing  his   Revolutionary 
record.    He  came  out  to  Onondaga  in  the 
spring    of    1789,    with    an    Indian    chief 
from  Oneida,  for  the  purpose  of  explor-' 
ing    the   country.      He   selected    the    lot 
near  the  Indian  orchard,  two  miles  north 
of   Lafayette   village,   where  the   Indian 
settlement  had   been   abandoned  in  con- 
sequence of  the  destruction  of  the  corn 
fields   and  a  part  of  the  great  orchard, 
by    Col.    Van    Schaick's    expedition    teu 
years    before.      When   Wilcox   made   his 
-  affidavit  in  1820,  he  said  he  was  59  years 
of    age,    and    that   the    entire    value    of 
his    property    was    but   $55.31.      By    an 
affidavit  sworn  to  before  Sylvanus  Tous- 
ley  on  April  15,   1818,   he   said   that  on 
the  12th  of  December,  1777,  he  enlisted 
at  Simsbury,   Conn.,   and  joined   a  com- 
pany of  artificers  commanded  by  Captain 
Pigeon    or    Peon.       He    went    to    West 
Point,  and  was  to  serve  thirteen  months, 
and    he   thought   the    company    was    at- 
tached to  Col.   Hughes'  regiment  of  the 
Massachusetts  line.     Wilcox  served  out 
l^o     his   term    with   the   exception   of   a   few 
'^'\-     days  and  was  discharged  on  account  of 
'■■■        illness.      He    received    no    written    dis- 
charge.    Then  follows  a  tale  of  crooked- 
.        ness  in  even  those  "good  old  days."  Wil- 
fr       cox  made  the  statement  that,   although 
|- .    he  enlisted, for  thirteen  months,  he  was 
r',,,   returned    by    Captain    Pigeon    for    three 
'        years  and  his  enlistment  ante-dated,  and 
I  /    that  Pigeon  fraudulently  obtained  some 
I        months'    extra    pay,    for    which,    among 
I  \     other  things.  Pigeon  was  tried  by  a  court 
I   '     nuxrshal  and  cashiered.  Wilcox  said  that 
;  vl    he    was    in    indigent   circumstances    and 
[   \S  needed    the    assistance    of    his    country. 
|,    '..,  But  his  papers  were  sent  back  with  that 
j    :    fateful   word   "rejected"    upon   them,    as 
p     artificers   had  not  been  provided  for  by 
the  act  of  Maich   18,   1818.     Upon   tlie 
!        28th   of    February,    1821,    Wilcox    made 
i  •     another  affidavit  for  a  pension.     He  said 
f;...    that  in  April,  1781,  he  enlisted  at  Sims- 
I   ■     bury;  Conn.,  in  the  company  of  Captain 
ft']      ,  Abner  Granger,  regiment  of  Col.  Samuel 
i-,       Campbell,   and   that  he  joined   the  com- 
'S!j  "  pany  near  Stamford,  on  the  15th  of  May, 
Cf        1781,   -ind   that   he   continued    in  service 
Ik        until   the   1st   of   April,    1782,    when    he 


was    discharged    at    Stemford.       While 

Wilcox's   property    was    then    valued    at 

only  .$o2.64,   he  still   possessed   a  punch 

bowl.     He  owed  then  $55.01,  among  his 

creditors   being  Ansel  Judd   and    Henry 

Williams. 

EBENEZER  WOOD-  ' 

Ten  months  was  the  ri-volutionary  ser- 
vice of  Ebenezer  Wood.  He  enlisted  in 
Captain  Samuel  Sloan's  company,  i)i 
Col.  Paterson's  regiment,  and  served  in 
that  corps  for  the  whole  period.  He  was 
discharged  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  on  the  1st 
of  January,  1777.  At  that  time,  Septem- 
ber, 1820,  Wood  said  he  was  GG  years 
old,  and  that  he  owned  one  and  one- 
quarter  acres,  with  a  buildmg  upon  it, 
in  Pompey.  He  placed  a  value  of  .$300 
upon  this  proj)erty,  and  with  his  other 
I)roperty  he  thouglit  himself  possessed  of 
$307.93  worth.  To  offset  this  he  owed 
$452.75.  Wood  was  a  cooper  by  ti-ade, 
and  his  wife  and  a  son,  a  cripple  21 
years   of   age,    lived    with    him. 


In    assembling    the    patriots    of    Pom- 
pey,   histories,    records    and    census    re- 
rurns  show  the  following: — 
CONRADT  BUSH— 

In  the  Revolution  Conradt  Bu.sh  was 
a  matross,  a  name  now  almost  obsolete 
in  the  United  States  army.  He  drew 
military  lot  47  in  the  town  of  I'ompey, 
antl  when. he  came  to  settle  upon  It  he 
found  a  man  and  his  nine  grown-up  sons 
there  before  him.  He  ejected  them.  Bush 
was  at  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  in  a 
company  of  the  Pennsylvania  line.  He 
was  also  at  the  battles  of  Trenton  and 
Princeton,  and  at  the  taking  of  Corn- 
wallis.  He  iK'came  a  pensioner,  and  in 
1840  gave  his  age  as  84.  In  1848,  he 
and  Thomas  Dixon  of  Lafayette,  Levi 
Bishop  of  Manlius  and  Jephtha  Lee  of 
Ithaca  are  mentioned  as  the  only  sur- 
vivors of  Col.  Lamb's  regiment  of  ar- 
tillery Clark's  history  makes  the 
point  that  Bush  was  one  soldier  "who 
resides  on  the  lot  for  which  he  served." 
'Yet  the  County  Clerk's  record  shows 
•  that  six  years  after  receiving  his  deed 
from  the  State,  Bush  sold  his  lot  tu, 
Ellas  Jackson  for  £450. 
SYLVANUS   BISHOP- 

In  1793  Sylvanus  Bishop  was  one  of 
six  brotliers  who  settled  in  Pompey.  He 
came  from  Kiuderbrook,  Columbia  coun- 


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if.  Hi  Y.,  hiring  preTMnwly  «*»rTfed  In  th^ 
Hfrrolntwazrj  war.  Aft^rr  aU^nt  twenty 
y««ni*  rt-nulhtif:*:  in  }'omp«-y  lT7r  tnort.-i]  to 
0«w<fgo,  arid  lirwl  to  th**  ajf  of  !»r;,  Il»r 
\vai»  tin:  futUt-r  of  llfr.  Arlt-tnan  lVi»hif\K 
KBKNKZKK  BUTLBIi.  «Il.— 

llavifii;  n^.-*'!!  ntrrr'wtt  in  th«f  Vrtrtvh 
and  iii'liaii  war,  with  the  (^tnttfi^unit 
tn^jp,  yAftif/jT  BfitUrr,  nr,,  wa»  fitt<-«J 
for  th«r  \niri\<»h\\m  of  th»'  IleToIufk.ii. 
AitMT  h\»  i^.Tyur*".  in  th<-  Ki-rolnfion,  Iw? 
waj»  in  a  <J<'tachn»«'nt  '-all"-*!  out  to  im\*- 
\>ri;nn  Hliay'*  MhU-Wvtn.  II*-  »H<-»I  in  I8'JJ» 
at  tb*;  a<f»;  of  *.fi'>.  Kntl#-r  wa»  a  n*»«i'l«-nt 
of  Onomlara  in  lSr>r>. 
KBBNEZEIl   BUTLKIi.    JK- 

TiM-  finrt  wbitfe  fcoftler  of  I'ompef  Hill, 
ami  within  the  liinitu  of  tiw,-  \irc*fnX 
townahip,  EJjeiurzer  Botl«;r,  jr.,  wa*  U/rii 
in  Harwinton,  0»nn.,  in  17*;i,  I^nrins 
hiu  wrric*  in  th*?  Keroliitjonarjr  war,  h*- 
waa  tak««n  \tnnoncr  ami  mifferc*!  mauy 
>ianl«hif>«  nfK^n  a  pris*on  *hii»  in  X»rw 
York  harU^r.  At  thf  '!</»/•  of  the  war 
li#?  rrtiim*"!  to  (Uinn*-<rt'umt ,  whent*  b« 
••mi>frati,'«J  to  Onon/laga,  Mntlt-r'n  naint; 
in    found    In    th»-    (ywtxuUva     frt-n«a«     of 

DAVID  BEARD— 

The   f/niti-d   Stat*;*  t*ni»n*  of   K«»TOJn- 
tionary   *'M\fr»   in    1S40  s«lir/w«     Darid 
}U^r<\  of  the  town  of  Vmn^n-j,  a  \ift\»ufty 
er.  and   agwl   85   yeam. 
JAMi-:S  BCXjKHUSr- 

When    tht   c*-ni»a»   of   fx-n>«ionen»   w«« 
taken  on  June  1,  1S40,  JaM»e«  Bookbant 
wait  70  r<;ani  of  age,  aud  rewdfed  wHfa 
hi^  own  family, 
PAUL  CLAPF— 

Tfwr  life  of  Paal  Claii|*,  who  was  a 
Ix.-n»ioner,  wotihl  tiare  forn>e<l  a  j^enerotu 
s^onwlwork  for  a  lionJer  romance.  Many 
of  hi*  desH.-endanta  now  live  in  Syracnsj*,- 
aiwJ  thfe  ooonty.  While  a  soldier  daring 
tlu;  war  of  the  lUrToloti/m,  he  wa«  a 
mewiU-r  of  an  expedition  throa;7tj  the 
northern  wildemewa,  whi'.-h  ma^le  an  aj?- 
zn-nsfire  war  HfK^n  the  Indian*  and  T'*- 
ri«.-n.  and  waa  taken  prwontr,  carried  to 
Canada,  and  sufferer!  great  hardxhips. 
He  took  np  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Ponh 
l»»fy,  and  wa*  a  fanner,  nntil  hia  death 
in  1<H5,  ar»on  the  land  which  be  had  re- 
claimer! from  the  wiMemcm. 
WILLIAM  COOK— 

The  i»en«on  cenana  of  V^)  gire*  WiH- 
'lara  Oin>k  a%  a  pensioner,  alire  at  tliat 
date  at  the  age  of  70,     At  that  time  be 


waa  Iitiim:  with  Albert  Cook.  In  the 
early  hinX/trj  iff  Poinpey  tb«  name  of 
William  0>'k  i«  often  mentioner!.  At 
the  town  MKr^'ting  in  April,  170<;,  h«  waa 
made  an  nMvimor  of  the  town,  ajjd  In 
tiMr  bnilding  of  the  early  I'ompey  acad- 
emy hix  nanjr-  m  fouwl  a«  anlMcril^ed  aud 
M  iietiti/nier  to  the  Kegeuta.  In  liJl3 
^>K<k  wan  ctiOMen  Mnperrinor, 

ADOXUAH  COLK- 

The     pensioner,  Ad/mijab  0*l«,  loa/le 
bin  reaidi.'uce  with   Cbaorieey  Cooper  ip 
IM<>,  according  to  the  lierolatioiuiry  cen- 
mw.     He  waa  then  8:j  yearn  of  age. 
JKKBMIAH    CRANDAI^ 

Jeremiah  Cramial  waa  a  pennoner 
whr«iwr  age  in  J84^>  waa  W.  The  <«iiaiia 
whowii  that  he  then  liTfe»i  with  KUr.<«/,Tj 
Watkins, 

THOMAB  DIXON— 

The  lialloting  U></k  of  tJ»*  miJjtar/  tract 
»b/>wa  that  Thomaa  'I^ixaon"  drew  l//f 
-\o,  4  in  the  u,wtt  of  Pompey,  and 
Clark 'a  UUxftrj  .laya  that  in  l.*v48  be 
wa*  one  of  tl»e  laat  four  an/1  only  anr- 
riron*  of  f>>»on<'l  I,aml/»  regiment  of 
artillery.  Ilia  re»(/len«e  waa  then  given 
a  ;  l^fayetf".  Jlia  P/t  wan  aittiated  joat 
orer  the  line  from  that  town,  aixl  no 
••arly  transfer  i*  re<-orde»l,  "tranafera" 
U-iiig  a  ba!»it  that  bad  U-come  qoite  gei*- 
eral  with  the  military  lot  owners.  The 
(-"fiana  of  IMO  nln/vrn  "Ilixan"  a  petutu/n- 
i-r,  and  his  age  .S«i  yeant. 
CALEB   GKKEN— 

It  ij»  thougfa  prol^hle  from  the  Grees 
family  recr^rd^*,  tliat  Caleb  Green  waa 
with  one  of  tb*-  expe<litiona  which 
marcher!  to  the  relief  of  F<»rt  Schuyler, 
in  the  Kumraer  of  1777,  an/1  tliat  he  <Jirl 
inn/-li  rrtber  nerrice  dnring  the  Ctutiua- 
ance  of  the  war.  He  ';ame  to  I.4ifayette 
from  Kanton,  Washington  coonty,  in 
ISrjr;.  Creen  die«l  on  the  'Jifth  of  Mareb. 
1>»17,  at  the  age  <>f  fZi  year*. 

JACOB  GOODKICH— 

Tlie  Il*-T//lntionary  penaioner,  Jac/»h 
^J/jo«lrich,  waa  a  re^fi/Jent  of  tl»e  luifay- 
i-tte  en/1  of  Pomi»ey  in  1-S40,  and  waa 
tli»-n  8»;  years  of  age.  He  resi/Ier!  witb 
Klijah  GriO/lrich, 
XATHAKIEL  GAGE— 

.Xc/Torrling  to  tlie  r^nsaa  of  1*'0,  Na- 
thaniel Gage  waa  77  yearn  of  age  at 
tliat  time,  a  penaioner  of  the  gorera- 
ment,  and  rarided  with  A  mo*  Gage. 


t 


13. 


HOYT— 


lu  Clayton's  history,  the  father  of 
Charles  Sv.  Hoyt,  born  in  Pompey,  in 
1S04.  is  given  as  a  captain  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war.  It  is  also  said  that  he 
came  to  this  country  in  17i)S.  The  reg- 
ister of  officers  of  the  revolution  shows 
no  pei'son  by  the  nann'  of  Hoyt  in  the 
capacity  of  captain  in  the  Revolutionary 
war.  It  does  show  Stephen  Hoyt,  as 
second  lieutenant  in  New  Hampshire 
troop.  The  realty  records  of  Pompey, 
also  show  the  [lurchase  on  May  30,  179(1. 
of  no  acres  on  lot  o.l,  from  Jabez  Hull, 
by  Noah  Hoyt.     The  price  was  £50. 

BENJAMIN   HAYES— 

According  to  the  census  of  1840.  Ben- 
jamin Hayes  was  upon  the  pension  rolls. 
[  He  was  then  82  years  of  age,  and  the 

head  of  a  family. 

BARUCH   HOL.BROOK— 

In  the  history  of  Military  lodge.  No. 
93,  P.  A.  M.,  Baruch  Ilolbrook  is  given 
as  a  soldier  who  was  comnussioned  the 
ruJik  of  major,  and  a  member  of  the 
stall"  of  George  Washington.  He  was 
a  native  of  New  l*]ngland,  and  located 
at  Pompey  Center  in  1704.  The  realty 
records  show  the  purchase  of  75  acres 
(d'  lot  r».'{,  from  .Tosiah  Ilolbrook,  on  May 
2:5.  17!)1,  by  Baruch  Ilolbi'ook. 

DAVID   HIBBAliD— 

A  family  history  of  David  Hibbard 
says  that  he  was  a  Revolutionary  sol- 
dier like  many  other  of  the;  pioneer  resi- 
dents of  Pompey.  Hibbard  was  a  farm- 
er at  ('ar[»enter,  and  settled  on  lot  6,  it 
is  said,  al)Out  1704.  The  County  Clerk's 
record  of  this  lot  shows  that  it  was 
drawn  by  Michael  Leasler  in  .luly,  170O, 
sold  to  .leriMiiiah  Van  Rensselaer  for  120 
in  the  November  lollowing,  and  sold' to 
Hildiard  for  £2(.K)  ixnmds  on  the  (ith  of 
August,  1702.  He  had  a  numerous 
family. 

RICHARD   HISCOCK— 

'I'hriiughout  the  entire  struggle  for  in- 
dependence, Richard  lliscock,  grand- 
father (it  e.\-Senator  i'Vaidc  lliscock, 
served  as  a  i)iivate.  S<JOn  after  th((  close 
of  the  war,  Richard  moved  from  Mass- 
achusetts to  Pompey,  and  was  among 
tin?  ea-'-liest  settlers  of  the  town.  In 
that  town,  in  1708,  Richard  lliscock, 
fath(>r  of  ex-Senator  lliscock,  was  born. 
The    census   of      1840   showed    tiie    ])en- 


sioner  alive  at  the  age  of  81,  and  he  then 
resided  with  Ijuther  Hiscock. 
ISAAC  HALLr- 

From  May  to  December  in  1775,  Isaac 
Hall  was  a  captain  in  Gardner's  Massa- 
chusetts regiment.  He  bought  ami  set- 
tled upon  a  soldier's  claim  previous  to 
1800,  and  was  the  wealthy  man  of  Pom- 
pey. It  is  the  story  that  he  brought  a 
half  bushel  of  silver  dollars  to  town  with 
him. 
SAMUEL  JONES— 

A     pensioner   at     the    age   of     80,    the 
United     States     census     shows     Samuel 
Jones  in  1840.      He  still   kept  house   at 
that  time. 
BENJAMIN   JUNE— 

lu  1704,  with  three  others,  Benjamin 
June  located  iu  that  part  of  the  town 
of  Pompey  which  afterwards  was  taken 
to  form  the  town  of  Lafayette.  June 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  his  an- 
cestors coming  from  France.  In  1840 
he  was  a  pensioner  of  the  government  at 
the  age  of  87.  lu  1848  Clark  said  that 
he  was  still   living. 

COL.    JEREMIAH    JAClvSON— 

During  the  Indian  alarm  of  17{)4  in  the 
Onondaga  country,  a  depot  was  estab- 
lished at  Jeremiah  Jackson's  mills,  near 
.(amcsville,  and  warlike  instruments  and 
stores  deposited  there,  and  all  male  per- 
sons above  fourteen  yeai-s  of  age,  were 
recpiired  to  hold  themselves  in  readiness 
I'or  any  emergency.  Col.  Jackson  was 
an  old  Indian  fighter  as  well  as  a  sold- 
ier. He  was  at  the  taking  of  Quebec, 
under  (Jeueral  Wolfe,  in  1750.  He  af- 
terwards married  ami  settled  in  Massa- 
dmsetts,  and  in  the  struggle  for  inde- 
pendence entered  the  American  army 
with  a  captain's  commissiini.  He  had 
three  s(.ns  with  him.  Through  an  ac- 
(piaintance  formed  with  Maj.  Danforth 
in  the  army,  he  was  induced  to  iikjvc  to 
this  country  in  1701,  and  purchase  the 
Danforth  milks.  He  died  in  1802  and 
was  buried  with  military  honors. 
MOSIOS  i<:napp— 

At  the  age  of  8G  and  si  ill  living  in  the 
town   of   I'ompey.    Moses   Kmipj)    was   a 
pensioner    in    1840.      He    lived    with   his 
own  immediate  family  at  that  tinu'. 
JAMl':S  MIDLER— 

In  a  history  of  Oraii  is  to  be  found  the 
record  of  James  Midler,  wlio  Ih  given  us 


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11  rovolntionary  soldior,  wlio  sottlod  here 
al)()ut  1800. 
CHRISTOl'HRR    MEDLER.- 

^V'ith  Jaincs  Midler  oauie  his  brothers. 
Chi-istoi)hor  and  rhilip.  In  tlie  dnisviiig 
of  miliUiry  lots  for  Poinpey,  the  ballot- 
ing book  shows  that  Christopher  "Med- 
](>r"  drew  lot  .'52.  Several  deeds  then 
passed,  and,  in  179G,  is  found  the  award 
of  the  Onondaga  commissioners  giving 
tlie  (K»0  acres  to  the  heirs  of  "C.  Med- 
dler." 

ZENAS  NORTHWAY— 

Among  till'  I'arly  settlers  of  the  wi'St- 
eru  pan  of  the  town  wt-it!  Zenas  North- 
way  and  Ozias  Northway,  who  kept  a 
tavern  near  the  poslollice  of  Lafayette. 
Both  >\ere  Kevolulioiiai-y  soldiers,  and 
pensioners.  Zenas  was  alive  in  lS-10, 
at  the  age  of  7r>. 

HEZEKIAH   OLCOTT- 

Wliile  upon  the  work  of  surveying 
the  State  road  from  Cazenovia  to 
Skaneateles,  in  1804,  Col.  Hezekiah  01- 
eott,  a  resident  of  Poinpey  and  an  olfi- 
cer  of  the  Revolution,  was  taken  ill  witli 
a  fever  and  died  at  Pomiiey  AVest  Hill. 
He  was  buried  with  military  honors. 
Many  liigh  tributes  were  paid  to  the 
memory  of  Col.  Oleott.  The  record  of 
t'ol.  "Oleutt,"  as  it  is  spcdled  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary Register,  is  that  of  sergeant 
of  Baldwin's  Artillery  Artificer  Regi- 
ment (Conn.),  1st  of  October,  1777,  and 
sei'ond  lii'Uteiiant,  1'Jlli  of  November, 
177i),  in  which  he  served  to  the  close  of 
the  war. 

TIMOTHY  SWEET- 

'J'he  enlisdneiit  of  Timothy  Sweet  was 
under  Col.  St'th  Warren,  and  he  was  at 
the  taking,  of  Tieonderoga  and  Crown 
Point.  In  1775  he  was  captured  in  the 
ex]ieilition  against  St.  .[(dins,  (^,aiiada, 
taken  to  Halifa.V,  afterwards  to  New 
York,  and  placed  in  the  Sugar  House 
prison.  He  was  imprisoned  for  a  long 
while  and  then  enlisted  into  the  British 
army  as  a  servant  of  Capt.  Miles,  and 
escaped  to  (Connecticut.  He  came  to 
Poinpey   al)out   17!>4. 

ZADOCK  SEYMOUR— 

The  name  <d'  Zadock  Seymour  occurs 
several  times  in  early  I'onipey  records, 
especially  with  reference  to  the  building 
of  the  academy,  and  it  occurs  again  as 
one  of  the  heroes  of  the  Revohitioa.     In 


1840  he  was  a  pensioner,  at  the  age  of 
8;?,  and  then  hving  with  Eliza  Seymour. 
RAL±-H     WHEELOCK- 

At  the  age  of  81  years  in  1840,  Ralpli 
Wheelock  was  still  a  pensioner  tor  his 
services  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  He 
then  lived  with  (Jershom  B.  "Wheelodc 
in  the  town  of  Pompey. 
BENJAMIN    WEBB— 

The    age    of    the    pensioner    Benjamin 
Webb  was   84   in    1840.     He   lived    with 
Hiram    Leonard    in   the  town   of   Lafay- 
ette. 
JEDEDIAH  WINCHELLr- 

According  to  the  census  of  1840, 
.Tedediah  Winchell  had  reached  the  age 
of  88  years.  He  then  lived  in  the  town 
of  l^afayette,  at  the  home  of  .lacob  Win- 
chell. 


UllOIKiuUU. 

At  least  thirty-seven  soldiers  of  the 
Revolutionary  war,  have  at  some  time 
taken  up  tiieir  homes  and  drawn  life  from 
the  town  of  Onondaga.  This  list  includes 
the  first  permanent  white  settlers  of  the 
county, — the  names  of  whom  have  be- 
come the  familiars  of  local  history.  Of 
the  actual  incidents  of  the  Kevolntiou , 
which  took  place  on  this  territory  much 
can  be  conjectured  but- little  written  with 
truth  at  this  late  day.  It  is  known  that 
several  Tories  took  refuge  with  the  In- 
dians in  this  town,  but  who  they  were 
and  how  long  they  stayed  is  a  matter  of 
speculation.  In  one  little  note  J.  V.  H. 
Clark  opened  up  a  chapter  of  romantio 
surmise.  Said  he:  "lu  the  spring  of 
1815,  on  the  farm  of  Deacon  Joseph  For- 
man,  at  Onondaga  Hollow,  on  oaken  pail 
was  plowed  up  containing  about  four 
quarts  of  leaden  bullets,  supposed  to 
have  b»!eii  buried  during  tlu'  Revolution- 
ary war."  However  fit  subjects  these 
small  facts  may  be  for  the  imaginatiou, 
thi!  i".'(xjrds  of  oaths  taken  show  man}' 
Revolutionary  heroes  who  called  the 
town  of  Onondaga  home.  The  records 
are  given  as  follows: — 
WILLIAM   ABBE— 

AVheu  he  came  into  court  iu  1820  to 
make  oath  to  his  revolutionary  service, 
William  Abbe  said  he  was  52  years  of 
age.  He  said  that  he  served  in  Col.  John 
Durkee's  regiment,  company  of  Capt. 
John   Reyes,   Connecticut   line,  and   was 


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regularly  discharged.  His  property  was 
adjudged  to  be  worth  $(18.75,  and  his 
indebtedness  placed  at  ^V2.  In  his  fam- 
ily were  his  wife,  aged  fi2;  daughter 
Isabel,  aged  22;  daughter  Lizzie,  aged 
20;  one  grandchild,  Reane  Abbe,  and 
one  son,  Nathan  Abbe,  38  years  old,  "all 
of  which  I  provide  for  and  support  b(>- 
sides  myself  who  have  not  done  a  day's 
work  this  twelve  years  jiast  on  accoimt 
of  infirmity,"  concluded  the  patriot. 

JOHN  BALCH— 

The  enlistment  of  John  Balch  was  in  a 
company  commanded  by  Cant.  Benja- 
min Throop,  in  Colonel  Huntington's 
regiment,  Connecticut  troop.  He  said 
that  he  afterward  served  in  Capt.  Ezra 
Selden's  comi)any,  in  Colonel  Starr's 
regiment,  from  which  he  was  discharged. 
He  hold  pension  certificate  No.  722,  and 
in  1820  was  01  years  of  age.  Raich  was 
a  housejoiner  by  occupation,  but  was  un- 
able to  labor  by  reason  of  a  difficulty 
in  breathing  and  rheumatism.  Plis  wife 
was  named  Lucy  Balch,  aged  58,  and 
they  had  one  son,  Daniel,  l.">  years  old. 
At  that  time  Balch  said  that  all  the 
property  he  had  was  only  worth  $27.78, 
and  his  debts  amounted  to  $15.  By  the 
census  of  1840,  Balch's  residence  is  giv- 
en as  Marcellus,  and  his  ago  as  80  year.s 

JESSE  BANNISTER— 

Said  Jesse  Bannister  in  1820  when  des- 
cribing his  Revolutionary  service:  "I 
was  engaged  in  the  ])attle  on  the  26th  of 
December,  1776,  at  Trenton,  in  the  tak- 
ing of  the  Hessians;  also  at  the  battle 
of  Princetown,  and  as  a  volunteer  in  the 
engagement  at  Stillwater,  under  General 
Gates,  with  Burgoyne."  Bannister  en- 
listed with  the  company  of  Capt.  Peter 
Harwood,  Col.  Ebenezer  Larned's  regi- 
ment, Massachusetts  line,  on  the  24th  of 
April,  1775.  He  was  discharged  on  the 
1st  of  January,  1776,  and,  on  that  same 
day,  enlisted  for  one  year  with  the  com- 
pany of  Capt,  Asa  Danforth,  in  the 
same  regiment,  which  was  afterwards 
commanded  by  Lieut.  Col.  William  Sheji- 
ard.  However.  Bannister  says  he  stayed 
six  months  longer  in  the  service,  u])on 
the  request  of  General  Washington.  The 
total  assets  of  Bannister  only  footed  up 
$26.75;  among  which  was  "half  a  pew  in 
the  meeting  house  at  Windsor,  Vt,,"  of 
the  value  of  $23.     The  debts  of  the  pen- 


sioner were  only.  $500.     He  was  a  farmer 
and  66  years  of  age. 

RICHARD    CATON— 

There  were  three  ways  given  to  the 
spelling  of  Richard  Caton's  name  in  his 
I)apors,  tile  other  two  being  with  an -"i" 
and  "e"  in  the  final  syllable,  (.\iton  en- 
listed in  Capt.  Christopher  Woodbridge's 
company,  in  Col.  .lohn  Greaton's  Third 
regiment  of  the  Massachusetts  line,  'i^his 
was  in  the  year  1781,  and  Caton  served 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  A  second  af- 
fi<lavit  gives  the  further  record  that  Ca- 
ton "also  enlisted  in  1781,"  in  the  com- 
pany of  Capt.  <J.  Michael  Iloudin,  in  the 
I'Mfth  Massachusetts  reginienf  c(uumand- 
ed  by  liufus  Putnain.  and  that  he  aft- 
erwards serveil  in  Captain  Mills'  com- 
pany, coniiii.'uuled  by  Col.  Joseph  Vose 
in  the  h'irst  Massachusetts  regiment.  In 
1821  Caton  was  ,"»()  years  of  age,  and  his 
wiie,  Rebecca,  Cti\.  He  valued  all  his 
property  at  $61. (i2.  Evidently  he  was 
considered  too  wealthy  to  receive  a  pen- 
sion, for  he  made  a  second  affidavit  be- 
fore the  court  a  y(.'ar  later  that  all  his 
property  was  worth  .$42.:W.  This  con- 
sisted of  stock  and  very  scanty  furniture. 
Among  tlie  e.-irly  settlers  to  whom  Caton 
was  indelited  were  (Jrove  Lawrence  and 
Liberty  Kiniberly,  .rames  McKellops 
owed  him  $2.  Caton  was  a  farmer,  and 
able  to  labor  but  little,  lu'cause  of  a 
wound  received  at  the  taking  of  Little 
York  in  ITjjper  Cana<la.  In  1840,  Caton 
was  still  alive  and  a  pensioner.  He  was 
then  77  years  f»!d,  and  lived  with  Leonard 
Caton. 

KKIONEZER    COVIL— 

Upon  the  26th  of  .fanuary,  182!),  Ebeii- 
e/.er  Covil  of  the  town  of  Onondaga 
made  an  apiilication  to  be  restored  to 
the  pension  list  of  the  War  of  the  Revo- 
lution. He  then  said  that  he  was  70 
years  of  age  and  that  at  the  age  of  25 
he  enlisted  for  one  year,  at  the  town  of 
I'-armingtoti,  Hartford  cfuiiily.  Conn. 
This  was  in  Dcceml.or,  1775,  and  lie; 
enlisted  in  the  company  of  Ci\])\.  Timo- 
thy Percival,  regini.'iit  of  Col.  .fededijih 
Huntington,  Connecticut  line.  He  joined 
his  coinpaiiy  on  tli(>  1st  of  January,  1776, 
s(-rved  the  full  term  of  his  enlistment 
and  until  the  1st  of  l'\'brnary,  1777, 
when  he  was  discharged  at  Ramaiio, 
New  Jersey.  The  papers  state  that  Iiis 
name   had   previously   been    placed   upon 


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the  pension  list  but  was  dropped  there 
from  on  account  of  [)roi)eily.  Ino  ao- 
count  of  his  i)r()port.v  and  family  is  in- 
teresting', lie  said  ho  had  a  farm  in 
Onon.lajra  of  ei^lity  acres,  about  fifty 
acr(>s  of  which  uas  under  improvement. 
Upon  lliis  hind  then;  was  a  mort^af-'c 
lo  I  lie  Stale  for  pari  of  the  purchase 
price,  with  .flwO  due.  'riu>  annual  prou- 
uct  of  the  farm  he  considered  worth  but 
$50.  But  it  was  in  the  description  of 
his  property  that  Patriot  Covil  was 
especially  inTerestinfr,  as  he  had  been 
droppcl  from  the  roll  once  because  of 
his  wealth.  Everythiuf^  which  ho  pos- 
ses.sed  he  said  was  either  old,  worn  otit 
or  siiuill,  with  the  (>\-cei)tion  of  liis  T'.il>le, 
that  was  larj;e.  The  value  of  all  his 
proivrty  he  placed  at  .^KK").  Unable  to 
work,  he  boarded  with  his  two  smis, 
Edward  and  Nelson.  They  wcuUimI  and 
managed  the  farm  and  had  the  use  and 
I'lolits  in  part  |iay  for  the  support  of 
liimscif  and  his  daughter,  Anna.  TTp  to 
date  Covil  said  the  jirofits  had  not  been 
sutlicicnt  to  jiay  the  Iroard.  Th(>  law  re- 
<iuiied  that  he  sliould  account  for  all  the 
property  he  had  disposed  of  since  ISIS. 
In  1S-J4  lie  said  he  sold  one  old  horse  to 
Constant  Fenn  for  $20,  which  was  paid 
in  lumber  and  boards,  and  in  ISiH,  an- 
other old  horse  to  one  ('oriiell  for  $•"((». 
paid  for  by  a  lumber  wafion  worth  $40, 
a  iiair  of  boots  at  $">  and  $•"»  remaininj;, 
luit  Cormdl  had  absconded  without  pay- 
in;:  it.  A  small  amount  of  stock  had 
also  been  sold 
SOLOMON   HUNTLRY- 

In  IS'JO,  Solomon  Huntley  of  Onon- 
da;;a,  said  he  was  (!()  years  old.  In  the 
war  of  independence,  he  enlisted  in  Col. 
Starr's  rep;imeiit,  Connecticut  lino,-  in 
1777,  in  Ca[)t.  Throoji's  company,  for 
tlii'(>e  years,  and  s(>rved  duriiif;  that  time, 
lie  was  discliarK(>d  at  Morristown  in  New 
.rers(>y.  One  of  his  most  valuabl(>  earth- 
ly possessions  was  a  (ive-])ail  kettle.  He 
had  a  wife  and  four  children.  He  con- 
sidered the  sum  total  of  all  his  proper- 
ty, $42.24. 

lOBKNEZER  MOORE- 

When  a  very  youn;;  man  Ebenezer 
Moore  enlisted  in  Col.  Olney's  regiment 
of  the  Rhode  Island  line.  He  served  to 
the  close  of  the  war,  taking  an  active 
part  in  the  gallant  struggle  for  about 
throe  j'enrs.     But  in   1820,  then   at  the 


the  age  of  GO  years,  he  had  only  proper- 
ty worth  $2.55  that  he  could  call  his 
own.  His  wife  was  then  42  years  old 
and  h(>  had  one  child,  ]<jbene55er,  aged  7. 
lObeney.er  Moore  had  reached  the  age 
of  SI  in  1S40.  He  then  lived  with  Al- 
mira  Wil.son  in  the  town  of  Onondaga, 
and  drew  a  iKMision  for  his  servi(H's  from 
the  United  States  government. 
WILLIAM    McCRAKEN- 

Towjird  the  close  of  the  Revolutiort, 
William  McCrackon  enlisted  in  Capt.  To- 
si'ph  McCraeken's  company,  in  Col.  Van 
Schaick's  icgiment,  New  York  line,  and 
served  three  years  and  three  months. 
At  the  time  he  ai)plied  for  pension  in 
1S20  he  was  57  j'ears  old,  and  ho  valued 
his  whole  property  at  $24.S7.  His  debts 
amounted  to  $100  and  he  had  $15  owing 
him.  In  his  family  were  three  sons  and 
a  daughter  of  his  own,  and  two  daugh- 
ters of  his  wife. 
OZIAS  NORTHWAY— 

Among  the  earlier  settlers  of  the  west- 
ern part  of  Uafayetle,  wln-re  he  kept  a 
tavern  near  the  postolhce,  Ozias  North- 
way  had  become  a  resident  of  the  town 
of  Onondaga  by  1S20.  At  least  he  gave 
that  place  as  his  home  when  he  gave  the 
record  that  he  enlisted  in  November, 
1775,  in  the  company  of  Captain  Petti- 
bone,  in  the  reginuuit  of  Colonel  Millis. 
He  said  that  he  was  then  02  years  old, 
and  that  he  was  in  the  battle  at  Long 
Island,  and  retreat  of  the  army  out  of 
'^'''^^'  ^l*l''''-  ^^^  '''''^^  discharged  in  Janu- 
ary, 1777.  In  his  schedule  of  property, 
.wliich  he  considered  worth  $50,  there 
were  eight  of  those  i)urely  American 
"birds"— turkeys.  His  wife,  he  said,  had 
three  or  four  gowns  and  one  bonnet— an 
outfit  worth  $15.  His  liabilities  consist- 
ed of  judgments  in  favor  of  John  Huk- 
ings  and  John  Clark  for  $20  and  $1(K»; 
one  note  IxMug  prosecuted  of  $!»0,  and 
another  in  execution  of  $120.  Ho  had 
a  son  of  IS  and  a  daughter  of  o. 
GIDEON   PITTS— 

At  the  age  of  GH,  Gideon  Pitts  said  his 
entire  property  was  worth  but  $24.41), 
while  his  debts  amounted  to  $50.  Ho 
served  in  the  Massachusetts  regiment 
of  Colonel  Shepherd,  and  was  discharged 
from  the  company  of  Captain  Arnold. 
His  wife  was  alive  in  1820  at  the  age 
of  57,  and  he  had  one  son,  Samuel,  aged 
12. 


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lUCIIARD  RL}KD— 

Kiohard  Kced,  otherwise  called 
"Duke,"  had  a  varied  service  iu  the  Kev- 
oltition.  IJe  was  in  "Captain  Ely's  com- 
Ijauy  in  Colonel  Meig's  reg-iuient,  and  in 
Colonel  Wyllys'  reginu-nt  in  the  com- 
pany coninianded  by  Lieutenant  Heath, 
and  in  Spalding's  company  in  the  rep- 
nuMit  coninianded  liy  Colonel  Durkee,  ■ 
and  which  was  coninunided  i)art  of  the 
time  by  Lieutenant  SamhM'son,  all  iu 
the  Connecticut  line."  J  lis  sole  pioper- 
ty,  and  he  was  then  G."!  years  old,  con- 
sisted of  an  axe  worth  ^'2  and  a  debt 
due  him  of  .f5.  lie  had  no  occupation. 
He  said  that  "from  my  wound  received 
at  the  battle  of  Monmouth"  i^nd  rheu- 
nuitic  iiains  he  was  un.'iblc  to  support 
himself,  lit-  had  no  wife  nor  children. 
BENJAMIN    ROiilNSUN- 

At  the  aw  of  V>[  r.cnjamin  Robinson 
said  he  was  unalle  to  subsist  without 
charity.  He  enlisted  in  Colonel  D\nki'e's 
regiment  of  the  Connecticut  line,  and 
served  for  one  year.  His  entire  lu'oper- 
ty  was  appraised  at  )f4(;.57,  and  includ- 
ed was  a  set  of  sluiemaker's  tools  at 
•K),  ami  a  gun,  strcl  tia])s  and  dlher 
pai'aphei'iialia  of  a  liunlcr. 
SlMIi^ON   SMITH— 

At  the  ago  of  10,  Simeon  Smith  enlist- 
ed in  the  year  177(1  in  Ca])tain  Soule's 
(•(impany,  regiment  of  Colonel  Tapnan. 
.^[assacllusetts  liiie,  as  a  dnimmer.  This- 
eniistmiMit  was  for  three  years,  and  then 
he  enlisted  for  during  the  war  and 
served  until  ])eace.  llo  was  discharged 
at  Newburg,  N.  Y.  His  possessions  are 
interesting.  They  were:  "One  cow,  (i 
cups  and  saucers,  1  dozen  plates,  1  tea 
l)ot,  1  sugar  bowl,  1  cream  pot,  1  dish 
kettle,  1  tea  kettle,  1  spider,  1  bake  pan, 
1  razor,  meat  bai-rel  ami  trowel,  and  a 
wif(!  aged  40  years  and  ."»  childi'on."  It 
is  very  evident  that  if  the  Snuths  luid 
company  the  children  had  to  "wait."  All 
of  Smith's  projierty  was  valued  at  !p24.S0, 


ith 


Wolcott,  Seno- 


and  he  owed  La  Si 
ca   county,  $.")«). 
SAMUEL   STONK— 

The  service  of  Samuel  Stone  \\as  in 
tb(>  regiment  of  Columd  .Meigs,  Hum- 
phrey's comi)any,  Colonel  Scamnud's 
icginuuit,  and  Samuel  H.  Webb's  regi- 
nuMit  of  Comecticut  troop.  Jlo  was 
regularly    discharged,    and    said    in    182(1 


that  he  was  HG  years  old.  His  property, 
worth  Jpl,224.G2,  consisted  of  30  acres  of 
land,  with  about  22  acres  improved,  and 
a  small  house  and  barn,  stock,  etc.  He 
owed  .Tacob  I^awrence  and  Joseph 
Moore  small  amounts,  while  .Tames  Al- 
bro  owed  him.  He  had  a  wife  a!id  two 
children. 
JOHN   AVALTER— 

John  AValter  gave  his  age  as  G3.  He 
said  that  be  enlisted  in  Col.  Ileman 
Swift's  regiment  of  the  Connecticut  line, 
and  siM'ved  three  years.  He  was  unable 
to  support  himself  without  the  assistance 
of  public  or  private  charity.  His  entire 
property  was  oidy  worth  .$33. 
ELISHA  WATERS— 

The  enlistment  of  Elisha  Waters  was 
in  1  >arins  Wilcox's  company,  in  Maj. 
Rlirdia  Painter's  battalion,  Connecticut 
In/",  in  the  year  1777.  He  was  after- 
Wiirds  transferred  into  Colonel  l?ald- 
wni's  regiment,  Massachusetts  line,  and 
he  was  discharged  from  service  in  I'ald- 
win's  regiment  iu  17S0.  All  the  proper- 
ty that  Waters  had,  one  cow,  one  old 
horse  and  wagon,  was  valued  at  .1!7S. 
llis  son,  Melancton  S.  Waters,  was  then 
17  and  lived  with  him.  His  other  chil- 
dren were  not  under  age.  His  own  age 
was  G.'?  and  his  wife's  GO.  He,  too,  was 
obliged  to  say  that  he  received  public 
and  i)rivate  charity.  Upon  the  taking 
out  of  his  second  papers,  ^Vaters'  pro])(>r- 
ly  had  been  reduced  to  (mu'  cow  worth 
.flO. 

The  records  of  other  Eevolutionary 
heroes  are  assembled  in  the  following:— 
CAPT.  JAMEJS  BEEBE— 

During  the  Revolutionary  war  Jame.s 
Reebe  was  a  captain  in  the  Connecticut 
line.  A  short  sketch  of  his  service  the 
writer  had  from  a  descendant.  Captain 
Reobe  lived  in  the  town  of  Danluiry, 
Conn.,  at  the  time  the  Rritish  expedi- 
tion came  up  from  New  York  and  des- 
troyed the  stores.  He  married  Mehitable 
Fairchild  in  Danbury,  and  immediately 
loft  for  the  American  army  with  a  com- 
pany that  he  had  raised.  H(.>  was  in 
the  battles  of  R.randywine  and  Mon- 
mouth, being  wounded  in  the  latter  bat- 
tle. He  carried  the  bullet  under  his 
shoulder  blade  as  long  as  he  lived.  He 
was  with  the  American  army  at  Valley 


i8 


Forge,  and  Mrs.  Reebe  rode  to  New  Jer- 
sey on  horsebnck  from  Connecticut,  and 
spent  the  winter  with  him — practically 
this  wns  their  honeymoon,  as  Captain 
Reebe  had  forsaken  his  bride  at  the  altar 
for  the  army.  The  snfl'erinfjs  of  Valley 
Forge  dampened  sadly  their  honeymoon. 
In  170'!,  Captain  Reebe  ('rainrat('<l  to 
Solon.  Chennngo  county,  livinfj  there 
two  years.  Then  he  canu'  to  the  town 
of  Pompey,  and  settled  nbont  three  miles 
east  of  Pompey  Hill.  In  a  few  years 
he  sold  his  farm  to  Titus  Marsh  and 
went  to  Onondaga  Hill  to  live.  That 
farm  has  lieen  in  the  possession  of  the 
Marsh  family  for  lfK>  years.  In  the 
early  i)art  of  this  century,  Reebe^ became 
well  known  in  Onondiiga.  lie  owned 
and  kept  the  public  house  near  the  Court 
house,  which  was  at  a  later  date  kept  by 
Judge  Jonathan  Stanley.  He  was  also 
jailer  of  the  County  jail.  In  the  war 
of  1812,  Captain  Reebe  was  keeper  of 
the  arsenal  at  Onondaga  Valley.  Dur- 
ing that  war  he  had  to  s\ipi)ly  troops  go- 
ing to  the  frontier— to  Oswego  and  to 
]>uff!ilo, — with  e(iuipments  and  other  sup- 
plies. In  this  work  Jasper  Hopper  acted 
as  deputy,  as  Reebe  lived  some  distance 
from  the  arsenal.  Along  in  the  latter 
part  of  August  or  the  first  of  Septem- 
ber. 1S12,  Hopper  e(iuiiiped  a  company 
of  soldiers  going  to  Oswego,  and  failed 
to  take  a  receipt  from  tin;  captain  for 
the  articles  furnished.  So  it  was  that 
Reebe  found  it  necessary  to  go  to  Oswe- 
go and  get  a  receipt  from  the  officer.  He 
procured  a  sail])oat  at  Salt  Point,  not- 
withstanding the  owner's  warnings  that 
the  rigging  was  defective,  and  sailed  to 
Oswego.  He  secured  the  receipt  and 
started  for  home.  At  a  place  in  Lysan- 
der,  where  the  captain  stopped  for  din- 
ner, he  was  last  seen  alive.  His  body 
was  found  on  the  shore  of  the  river.  He 
had  been  drowned.  At  the  time  of  Ree- 
be's  funeral,  while  aboul  everybody  in 
the  village  was  attending  the  services, 
two  or  three  prisoners  who  were  held 
for  debt  escaped.  The  l^^eebe  family 
had  to  pay  the  debts  for  which  the  pris- 
oners were  held,  as  it  was  afterwards 
claimed  that  thi'ough  their  carelessness 
the  escapes  occurred.  Captain  Reebe  had 
five  children,  Hepsibah.  Lewis,  Electa, 
(who  married  Victory  Rirdseye),  Ret- 
sey  and  another  daughter. 


JOSEPH    W.    BREWSTER— 

The  Revolutionary  soldier.  Dr.  Joseph 
W.  ISrewster.  was  born  in  17()4  and  died 
at  Onondaga  Valley  September  4,  1,S4i"), 
in  his  8(ith  year.  At  the  age  of^lU  he 
joined  the  Revolutionary  army,  and  was 
jjrcseut  at  the  surrendcM-  of  Cornwallis. 
October  V.),  17S1.  Then  the  soldier 
took  up  the  study  of  medicine,  and  it 
was  in  the  spring  of  1S18  that  lie  came 
to  Onondaga  Valley. 
JONATHAN    BELDING— 

According  to  the  census  of  1840,  Jona- 
than Relding,  a  i)ensioner  of  the  llevolu- 
tion,    was   living   in   the   town   of   Onon- 
daga, then  at  the  age  of  80  years. 
GEORGE    CLARKE— 

In  18-K)  CJeorgr  Clarke,  who  hall 
served  in  the  Revolution,  was  82  years 
of  age,  and  lived  with  David  D.  l^'ellows. 
JABEZ    COLE— 

The     pensioner,   Jabez     Cole,  was  80 
years  of  age  according  to  the  census  of 
1840,  and  lived  at  that  time  with  Ster- 
ling   Cole. 
JONATHAN  CONKLING— 

Also  upon  the  lists  of  the  Pension  ollic*; 
of  18-10,  is  found  the  mime  of  Jonathnn 
Conkling,  a  Rt>volutionary  resident  of 
Onondaga.  His  !\g(>  was  given  as  80 
years. 
GEN.   ASA   DANPORTH- 

Little  can  be  said  that  is  new  of  f)ne 
'  so  well  known  to  local  historians  as  (Jen- 
era!  Asa  Danforth.  He  was  born  in 
Worcester,  Mass.,.  July  fi.  1740.  At  th.- 
commencement  of  the  Revolution  he 
joined  the  regiment  of  Col.  Danforth 
Keys,  and  was  (Migaged  in  the  buttle  of 
Lexington.  Danforth  enter(Ml  th(»  sci-v- 
ice  at  the  instance  of  Oeneral 
nam,  and  served  through  the  war 
the  rank  and  commission  of  major, 
settled  a  little  south  of  Onondaga 
low  May  22,  1788. 
WILLIAM    EVANS— 

At    the   age   of   80   years,    and    a 
sioner  of  the  Revolution,  William  lOvans 
resided  with  Noah  Evans  in  1840. 
JOHN  ELLIS- 

At  the  age  of  14,  John  Ellis  ran  away 
from  Ills  home. in  Pittsfield,  Mass..  and 
began  his  service  in  the  Continental 
army.  He  served  throughout  the  war. 
He  became  Colonel  Ellis  in  Ihe  war  of 
1812,   and   upon   his  death   in   1820  was 


I   it- 

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IIol- 


lien- 


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Majoi'-General.    He  first  settled  in  Mau- 
lius.  aud   later  at  Onondaga    Hill. 
EPHRAIM  HALL,— 

Tilt'  ponsionLM",  Kphraini  Hall,  was 
very  3-oiin,t;-  wIkmi  lie  enlisted  in  tlie  war. 
He  was  lint  7!)  years  of  ajje  in  1S40, 
when  he  was  placed  in  the  census'  list 
of  Kevolutionary  soldiers. 
JUSTUS  JOHNSON— 

Justus  Johnson  of  Onondaga  was  84 
years  of  ago  when  liis  record  was  given 
in  IS-K).  He  "was  pensioner  of  the  lown 
of  Onondaga,  and  lived  wiUi  liis  fannly. 
DAVIU   LAWRIONCK— 

Among  the  recoi'ds  of  lJev(d\itioiniry 
soldiers  hnrie(I  in  South  Onondaga  ceme- 
tery, is  found  the  nan\e  (d"  Majoi-  David 
Lawrence.  There  are  tlircc  soldiers  of 
the  Continenlal  army,  hurled  in  that  cem- 
etery. 
CALEB    POTTER- 

Auother  young  Kev(dutiouai'y  S(jldier 
who  lived  to  en.joy  his  ])ensioii  to  u  ripe 
old  age  was  (.'akdi  Potter.  lie  gave  his 
age  in  18-10  as  78.  lie  still  kept  house 
with  his  family  at  thai  tinu'. 
SIMEON   PHARES— 

Simeon  Phares,  who  located  in  Onon- 
daga in  18<i;!.  w<'s  a  soldier  of  the  Kevo- 
lution.  He  was  a  Inother  (d"  Andrew, 
who  settled  in  Salina.  Simeon  built  a 
log  house  ujion  the  sili'  of  the  Lake  Shore 
house  in  (Jeddes,  and  lived  there  until 
his  death  in  ISJO. 
DANIEL  PECK— 

The  age  of  Daniel   l'e(d<,   the   Revolu- 
tionary   pensionei',    was    given    as    82    in 
1840.     His  name  is  upon  the  census  rolls 
for  that  yt'ar. 
BBNONV  .REYNOLDS— 

The  grave  of  the  veteran,  Benouy 
Reynolds,  is  found  in  the  cemetery  at 
South  Onondaga,  lie  lived  longer  than 
any  other  ihmsou  Imried  in  that  pretty 
spot,  dying  in  his  lOOth  year. 
JACOB   SAMMONS— 

The  veteran  Jacob  Sammons  lived  in 
that  part  of  Onondaga,  which  was  taken 
to  make  the  town  of  Geddes  in  1848. 
He  came  to  Onondaga  in  the  early  part 
of  the  century,  and  died  in  1815.  ,  His 
son.  Tliomas,  died  in  1870. 
GIDEON   SEELY— 

A  name  often  met  in  the  early  history 
of  Onondaga  is  that  of  the  veteran,  Gid- 


eon Soely.  He  assisted  John  Cantine  In 
the  summer  of  1790,  in  the  survey  of  the 
C)nondaga  reservation.  That  same  year 
he  and  Cohifort  Tyler  bid  in  twenty-one 
lots  at  the  Albany  sales,  and  he  is  cred- 
ited with  building  the  Peebe  road  to  the 
south  line  of  the  town.  Seely  is  buried 
in  the  cemelcry  at  South  Onondaga. 
COMPORT  TYLER— 

Much  has  been  written  of  Col.  Com- 
fort Tyler.  He  was  born  in  Ashford, 
Conn.,  on  the  22d  of  February,  17(J4,  and 
at  the  age  of  14  entered  the  army.  He 
performed  a  short  period  of  service, 
mostly  on  duty  in  and  ah*  ut  the  fortress 
at  AVest  Point. 
I'ETER   TENBROECK— 

The  services  of  I'eter  Tenbioeck  seem 
to  have  been  in  the  department  of  Quar- 
termaster General  'J'imothy  .  Pickering 
at  about  the  close  of  the  war.  Teu- 
broeck  settled  at  Onondaga  Hollow. 
EPHRAIM    WEBSTER— 

'J'he  lirst  permanent  settler  of  Onon- 
daga county  and  town,  Kphraim  "Web- 
ster, was  a  lievolutionary  hero.  He 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  and 
was  again  employed  by  the  government 
from  1788  to  17'J4  in  gaining  informa- 
tion as  to  the  conduct  and  purposes  of 
the  Western  Indians. 


In  Manlius,  old  town,  which  included 
the  present  town  of  Dewitt,  no  less  than 
forty-three  iiatriots  of  the  struggle  for 
imlependence  made  their  homes.  JMany 
had  already  risen  to  high  honor  in  their 
glorious  service  while  others  did  the  ear- 
nest yeoman  work  which  counted  so 
heavily  in  that  war,  and  to  those  h  'uors 
was  added  that  of  the  building  'p  a 
most  prosperous  town  and  county.,,  In 
the  town  itself,  jicrhaps  the  Deep  Spring, 
situated  near  the  Seneca  tui'Upike  on  the 
county  line,  has  become  the  most  historic 
spot  of  Revolutionary  days.  According 
to  the  Clark  annals,  it  was  often  related 
by  an  Oneida  Indian  called  I'eter,  that 
in  the  time  of  the  war,  a  small  party  of 
Indians  surprised  six  white  men  at  this 
spring,  who  had  descended  into  the  deep 
cavity  to  drink.  They  are  supposed  to 
have  been  a  scouting  party  from  Fort 
Schuyler.  They  were  much  frightened  at 
the      appearance    of    the    Indians,    who 


found  thetn  perfectly  defenseless,  having 
left  their  arms  on  the  bank  above.  As 
the  Indians  also  came  there  to  drink, 
and  neither  mistrusted  the  presence  of 
the  other,  both  parlies  were  at  first  not 
a  little  surprised.  The  Indinns,  however, 
having  every  advantage,  iiistoiitly  re- 
covered themselves,  and,  giving  a  terri- 
fic yell,  encircled  the  brink  of  the 
springs.  Then  as  the  terrified  soldiers  at- 
tempted to  pass  them,  they  were  struck 
down  with  tomahawks  and  afterward 
scalped.  This  butchery  had  such  an  ef- 
fect upon  the  mind  of  the  Indian  Peter, 
who  was  one  of  the  party,  tliat  it  seemed 
to  haunt  him,  and  he  often  said  that  it 
was  the  only  deed  whlcli  he  had  ever 
committed  which  the  Great  Spirit  had 
never  forgiven  him.  At  the  time  Peter 
said  that  he  felt  so  much  remorse  that 
he  buried  his  shirt,  which  had  been 
sprinkled  with  the  blood  of  one  of  his 
victims.  There  is  also  another  tradi- 
tion that  a  shnrji  batlh-  was  fought  nt 
the  spring  between  the  wliites  nnd  In- 
dians during  tlie  Revolution.  Still  other 
traditions  of  battles  are  1o  be  found,  es- 
pecially during  the  Sullivan  campaign, 
but  locations  were  not  carefully  marked 
in  the  old  days.  Of  the  failures  and  suc- 
cesses of  the  early  settlers  of  the  town, 
which  until  ISoH  included  Dewitt,  much 
liiis  l)een  written.  The  recoids  of  the 
soldiers  among  those  setUers  have  been 
n('gle(;ted  until  now.  'I"he  stories  told  by 
tlie  affidavits  in  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  in  the  enrly  'twenties  are  first 
given:— 
LEVI   CARR- 

At  the  age  of  .^tfl,  Levi  Carr  came  into 
court  in  1S20  to  take  the  oath  which 
'  would  assist  him  to  a  reward  from  his 
(N)untry  for  his  services.  His  service 
was  in  the  company  of  Captain  Zebulon 
King,  Colonel  Brooks'  regiment  of  in- 
fantry, in  Patterson's  biMgado,  and  was 
in  the  same  company  when  he  received 
his  discharge.  He  .said  he  had  Jpl74.04 
worth  of  property,  but  it  was  overbal- 
anced to  the  point  of  ruin  with  debts 
amDunting  to  ip-IOO.SO.  His  property  in- 
cluded a  loom,  shuttle,  warping  bands, 
reeds  and  a  set  of  coopering  tools.  He 
also  owned  a  "shaving  knife."  His 
wife,  aged  55,  son  aged  IG,  daughter 
aged  14,  and  two  gra  ml  children  were  all 


dependent  on  him  for  support.  Carr  was 
still  a  pensioner  in  1840,  at  the  age  of  78. 
JORN   COCKLEY— 

.John  Cockley  was  one  of  the  few  sol- 
diers of  tlie  New  York  line  wlio  settled 
in  Onondaga,  tlie  county  being  princi- 
pally atti'aclive  to  Now  Ihigland  soldiers. 
His  patriotic  service  was  for  eight  years, 
fi'om  July,  1775,  to  June,  1783,  the  en- 
tire period  of  tlie  war.  At  first  he  was 
in  Colonel  Goose  Van  Schaick's  regi- 
ment, and  afterwards  in  Colonel  Nichol- 
son's regiment.  In  February,  1777, 
Co(.'kley  enlisted  to  serve  during  the  war 
in  Colonel  Van  Schaick's  New  York 
troo)),  in  Captain  McKean's  company, 
and  afterwards  in  other  companies  in 
the  same  regiment  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  The  entire  value  of  his  property, 
Mr.  Cockley  said,  was  just  .^^2.37.  This 
included  a  pair  of  .spectacles,  a  tobacco 
box  and  two  dollars  in  cash.  I\Ir.  Cock- 
ley was  then  G4  years  of  age,  a  farmer, 
and  lived  with  and  was  dependent  upon 
his  son,  Cornelius  Cockley. 
SAIMUEL  CLARK— 

It  was  upon  the  29th  of  May,  1827, 
that  Samuel  Clai-k  came  to  court  to  take' 
the  necessary  oath  in  order  to  secure  a 
])ensiou.  He  was  then  71  years  of  age, 
and  had  served  in  Captain  Caleb  Carr's 
company  of  Colonel  Archibald  Crary's 
regiment,  brigade  of  General  Ezekiel 
Cornwall,  under  General  Sullivan,  for 
more  than  nine  months.  He  was  dis- 
charged from  service  the  last  of  March, 
1779,  at  Howlaud's  Ferry,  K.  I.  His 
property  was  descnbcd  in  this  laconical 
way:  "Real  estate  none  and  never  had 
any.  Personal  estate  none,  except  my 
wearing  apparel,  consisting  of  one  suit 
of  home-made  clothes,  one  spare  shirt 
and  an  old  great  coat."  He  had  no  fam- 
ily for  winch  he  provided. 

BENJAMIN    DARLING— 

I'enjamin  Darling  of  Manlius  went  bo- 
,  fore  the  court  twice  within  three  years, 
and  made  affidavits  which  agreed  as  to 
service,  but  were  strangely  contradictory 
as  to  property.  His  enlistment  was  in 
Captain  Andrew  Hoodie's  company,  in 
Colonel  I^amb's  regiment  of  the  New . 
Y'ork  State  line,  and  served  for  nine 
months  in  the  year  1782.  In  the  fir,st 
affidavit,  Mr.  Darling  said  he  was  54, 
and   the    valne   of   his   pi'operty,   $07.37. 


iHis  second  was  made  at  the  age  of  57. 

His  property  was  then  valued  at  $270.37, 
while  his  debts  footed-  up  $715.37.  He 
had  -49  acres  of  land,  a  loom,  a  quilt 
and  wheel  and  pair  of  swifts.  He  owed 
Judge  Miller  $000  with  $111  interest  due 
on  it.  His  wife  was  GO  years  of  age, 
and  his  two  sons,  Ezra  and  Alexander, 
17  and  13.  In  IS'U)  Mv.  Darling  gave 
his  age  as  78.  He  was  still  a  resident 
of  Munlius  and  a  pensioner  at  that 
time. 
GEORGE    EAGER— 

At  the  time  he  took  his  oath  in  court, 
September  2,  IS'JO,  Dr.  George  Eager 
said  he  was  74  years  old.  He  served  as 
a  surgeon  in  Colonel  Timuthy  liedel's 
regiment  of  rangers  in  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire.  He  said  that  he  served  dur- 
ing the  war  and  lost  his  property  there. 
According  to  the  scliedule  of  his  proper- 
ty. Dr..  lOager  was  one  of  the  wealthiest 
uf  the  Ivcvolutionary  pensioners  of  his 
time.  The  total  value  of  his  property 
was  placed  at  $1,173  with  debts  of  $500. 
His  possessions  included  a  half  right  lie- 
tweeu  eighty  and  eighty-tive  acres  on  lot 
04,  JManlius,  and  toward  the  original  pur- 
chase price  he  had  "paid  short  $300." 
In  his  barn  was  a  mare  seven  years  of 
age,  "one  old  sleigh,  but  no  harness,"  all 
of  the  value  of  $45.  lUit  when  it  came 
to  descriliing  his  household  furniture, 
the  old  surgeon  of  the  New  Hampshire 
rangers  grew  sarcastic.  To  use  his  own 
words,  he  had  "one  .spare  bed  and  bed- 
ding, one  bedstead,  crockery  barely  suf- 
ficient to  make  the  family  decently  com- 
fortable, ironware  and  other  articles  of 
household  furniture  barely  suflicifent  to 
.  be  comfortable,  articles  of  provisions 
likewise,"  all  worth  $52.  Again  he  says 
that  perhaps  he  "may  have  an  honest 
claim  to  two  swine,  nine  geese  and  per- 
haps six  barnyard  fowls,"  worth  $11.  He 
was  then  a  crii)ple  in  his  left  arm  and  un- 
able to  labor  and  too  old  to  pursue  his 
former  profession.  His  family  consisted 
of  one  son,  Samuel  Eager,  20  years  of 
age;  one  grandson  named  Charles  Heath, 
17  years  of  age,  and  his  wife,  about  51 
years  old,  and  her  two  children,  Dulcene 
and  Eunice  Hammond,  aged  18  and  12,, 
all  able  to  earn  their  living  except,  per- 
haps, the  youngest. 
BPHRAIM  EATON— 
Tlie  Kevolutionary  service  of  Ephrlam 


Eaton  was  in  the  Seventh  regiment^  of 
Colonel  Michael  Jackson,  and  in  Captain 
Mills'  company  after  transference,  in 
the  Massachusetts  line.  His  age  in  1820 
was  (»."),  and  the  total  value  of  his  prop- 
erty was  but  $15.30,  with  debts  of  more 
than  twice  that  amount.  He  only  had 
dishes  for  two;  while  there  were  four 
people  of  his  family:  William,  his  son, 
aged  10,  Hester  Ann,  his  daughter,  aged 
7,  and  his  wife,  Catharine,  aged  40. 

GEORGE   GRINNELL,- 

In  tlie  Kliode  Island'  line,  Captain  Ar- 
nold's comitaiiy,  Coli>u(4  Liiii)itt's  regi- 
ment, Ceorgi.'  (li-innel!  servi'd  during  th(> 
war  of  the  Kevolution,  and  reached  04  - 
years  of  age  in  1S20,  with  but  $48.25 
worth  of  property  in  the  world  and  $47 
of  debts.  Of  his  entire  assets  $40  was 
invested  in  a  colt.  He  owed  the  moni'y 
to  those  |)i(»Heers  of  earlier  Onondaga, 
A'/.ariah  Smith,  John  INIeeker,  IM.  Hull  &; 
Co.,  James  O.  Wattles  and  Elijali 
Uhoades.  Grinnell  was  then  a  common 
laborer,  and  had  three  daughters,  Polly, 
Hannah  and  Lucy,  aged  28,  24  and  22, 
and  one  son,  George  l'\  Grinnell,  17 
years  old. 
HIONDRJCK  HIGBEE—  ,, 

Hendrick  Iligbee,  the  l)lacksmith  of 
Manlius,  served  in  tlie  company  com- 
manded by  Captain  John  Polhemus, 
Eirst  regiment  of  New  Jersey  troop,  for 
one  year,  and  was  discharged  -at  Ticon- 
deroga.  In  his  list  of  property,  which 
was  valued  at  $02.09,  Higbee  put  do\yn 
his  cow  as  worth  $12,  two  pigs  at  $0, 
and  seven  sheep  and  four  lambs  at  $11. 
For  his- table  he  hau  $2  worth  of  tin 
dishes  and  ladles.  lUit  his  library  was 
more  extensive  than  those  usually  found 
in  the  soldiers'  homes.  He  owned  a  Bible 
and  three  other  books,  Wallace's  "Balm 
of  Gilead,"  "Life  of  Joseith,"  and 
"Western  Gazetleer."  Patriot  Higliee 
didn't  think  much  of  his  creditors,  .lon- 
athan  Kussell  of  Salina,  owed  him  $20, 
but  he  said  that  lie  was  insolvent,  and 
John  Sparling  owed  him  $9,  and  he  was 
unable  to  pay.  The  pensioner  owed  John 
,  and  Daniel  Iliglieo  $12.  With  him  lived 
his  wir(>,  aged  02,  and  One  grandson  of 
10  or  12,  whose  father  and  motlier  were? 
dead.  At  that  time,  1820,  Higbee  was 
01  years  old,  lame  and  almost  blind. 


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JOSEPH  HENNIGAN— 

Tlie  enlistincMit  of  Joseph  Heniiigan 
Wiis  in  the  New  York  line,  in  Colonel 
Wynkoop's  re;;inient,  for  one  j'eiir.  'IMien 
he  (Milislcil  in  the  same  eoni|)iiny,  in  the 
!•(  ^jinicnt  of  Cnlonel  Moses  Uazen,  for 
three  years,  and  was  discharged  at  Fish- 
kill,  the  year  hefore  the  peaee.  'Die  en- 
tire property  of  ITenniKan  was  wortli 
.i;i(;2.72,  an<l  he  had  dehts  of  ifllO.'jr). 
^Vnionj^  thost?  to  \\hoin  he  owed  money 
were  William  II.  Sahin,  Dr.  (iordon 
Needham  and  Amasa  Martin  of  Maidi- 
ns.  The  patriot's  nge  in  1820  was  01. 
DAVID   HOLBROOK— 

It  was  not  until  Novend)er  2Gth,  1S21), 
that  David  Ilollirook  a|>plied  for  a  i)en- 
sion.  lie  said  then  that  he  did  not  ai)- 
|)ly  imtil  ho  positively  had  to  by  reason 
of  the  sickness  of  himseif  and  wife,  llol- 
hiook  was  then  (ii)  years  <if  age.  He  en- 
listed as  a  private  foi'  nin(>  months  on 
or  about  the  1st  of  .July,  1771),  in  the 
town  of  Adams,  county  of  Berkshire, 
Mass.,  in  a  comi)any  under  the  command 
of  Lieutenant  I'hilord  (Captain  Smart 
having  been  sent  to  I'.oston  to  get  cloth- 
ing and  supplies  for  llie  army.)  This 
was  in  the  Thirteenth  regiment  of  in- 
fantry, commanded  by  Colonel  Spraut, 
(Jeneral  (Jlover's  brigaile,  ^Massachusetts 
line.  Ilolbrook  joined  his  company  on 
the  12th  of  July,  at  Lower  Saline,  New 
York,  and  served  until  Ai)ril  20,  17S0, 
wl  en  he  was  discharged  on  the  High- 
lands, tlirec!  miles  east  of  AVest  Point, 
by  (lolonel  Smith,  tlu-n  commandant  of 
the  'I'hirteenth  regiment.  Ilolbrook  car- 
i-ied  his  dis<'harge  to  his  father's  house, 
and  he  said  il  was  ()i-obal)ly  burned.  His 
pei'socal  properly,  wliieli  included  some 
old  medical  books  and  surgical  inslni- 
iniwits,  was  valued  at  $27.2.").  'I'hen  fol- 
lows the  story  of  the  loss  u{  his  farm. 
The  patriot  says  that  he  did  own  fifty 
a<'res  on  lot  5J2  in  r^Ianlius,  worth  .fMM), 
with  an  annual  product  of  !|545  and  en- 
cumbered by  a  mortgage  to  Moses  D. 
Rose  and  William  Eager.  But  he  had 
made  a  bargain  with  his  son  Henry, 
upon  his  agreeing  to  supiwrt  the  pen- 
sioner and  his  wife  for  life,  to  give  Inm 
the  farm.  It  was  only  a  verbal  agree- 
ment, and  the  father  did  not  take  any 
security.  In  July,  1K2:{,  Henry  dee<led 
the  land  to  the  youngest  son,  Hiram  P. 
Ilolbrook,    who    was    a   minor,    and    left 


the  county  and  State.    Upon  the  8th  of   ■ 
October,    1S2G,    the    patriot's    wife    died, 
and    in    1829    lie   lived   with    his     son-in- 
law,  Conrad  G.  Hotaling. 
URIAH  KEELER— 

The  service  of  Uriah  Keeler  of  Man- 
lius,  who  was  GG  years  old  in  1820,  was 
in  the  Connecticut  line,  and  for  almost 
the  entire  period  from  the  time  the  first 
blow  was  struck  to  the  declaration  of 
pea<;e.  In  the  year  177G,  Keeler  served 
for  nine  months  in  Captain  Norlhrop's 
company,  and  in  April,  1777,  he  enlisted 
into  Captain  Comstock's  company,  in 
Colonel  Chandler's  regiment,  for  the 
IKM-iod  of  the  war.  He  was  aft(>rwards 
transferred  to  Captain  Munson's  com- 
liany  in  Cidonel  Sherman's  regiment  and 
(General  AVayne's  l)rigado  of  light  in- 
fantry, to  the  close  of  the  war,  and  was 
duly  discharged.  Keeler  was  in  the  bat- 
ik' at  I'Matbush,  Long  Island,  and  in  the 
retreat  from  New  York  shortly  after; 
both  the  engagi>ments  at  White  Plains, 
at  Richfield,  Conn.,  soon  after  the  burn- 
ing of  Danbury;  also  in  the  battles  of 
Kedbank,  at  ({erniiuitown,  and  in  the 
storming  and  taking  of  Stony  Point. 
Mr.  Keeler  was  a  farmer  of  Manlius 
an<l  liis  family  (U«pendent  upon  him  con- 
sisted of  his  wife,  aged  r>3,  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  12.  Six  other  children  wer(>  not 
dependent  uihui  him.  His  property  was 
valued  at  .f-i;5.S;?,  and  he  had  debts  to 
the  amount  of  .1524.1.  His  possessions  in- 
cluded "  a  cherry  bureau,  two  old  Wind- 
sor chairs,  a  small  lanthorn,  a  Bililc, 
I'rayer  Book  and  Catechism." 
PI  TINEAS  KELLOGG 

At  the  agt"  of  (\\,  Phineas  Kellogg 
(Mine  into  court  and  said  he  had  j)rop- 
erty  that  was  worth  .f7'.M).20.  and  debts 
to  the  amount  of  .pti.l.i:!.  His  farm  of 
2.5  1-2  acres,  with  house  and  bai'ii  was 
worth  .$.">(K),  and,  as  for  furniture  and 
cooking  utensils,  he  was  rich  ..upared 
with  his  compatriots.  The  service  of 
Kellogg  was  from  November,  177.1,  to 
November,  177G,  in  Captain  l')beney.(>r  I'\ 
Bissell's  company  and  Colonel  Jedediah 
Huntington's  regiment.  The  family  re- 
siding with  Kellogg  consisted  of  his 
.wife,  Olive  Kellogg,  aged  C7,  and  Julia, 
his  daughter,  aged  2.1. 
STEPHEN  LEONARD— 

At    the   age   of    70,    Stephen    Leonard 
was  unable  to  attend  court,  because  ho 


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wiKj  niiii'hlo  to  walk.  In  1820,  whon  ho 
was  07  years  old,  tlio  i)oiisione.v  had  been 
to  court,  stated  his  service  in  the  war, 
and  his  property  was  valued  at  .■f!5G.2n, 
and  he  had  debts  of  $.S().  But  his  name 
was  dropi)ed  from  the  i)ension  list  on 
aeconnt  of  his  property.  So,  in  1824, 
he  made  his  second  apidication.  Leon- 
ard enlisted  in  May  or  June,  1778.  for 
(he  i)eri()d  of  nine  months,  in  the  New 
Jersey  line.  He  joined  Cai)tain  Cox's 
fomi)any,  Colonel  Jonathan  Dayton's 
reffiment,  ami  served  the  full  time,  b(>inK 
discharjied  at' Eliza bethtowu.  N.  J.  Tn 
his  family  were  liis  wife,  I^ois,  aped  01, 
liis  dauKhter,  TTaiinaii  Coodrich,  and  five 
cliildren.  Imt  Leonard  said  he  did  not 
consider  liims(>lf  bonnd  tn  maintain  them, 
unless  paid  therefor  by  tlie  town  of  Pom- 
pey,  of  whiidi  they  were  paupers.  His 
l)rop(>r(y  he  th(«n  thouplit  worth  .$2r>.;)2. 
The  house  and  lot  of  wiiicli  t]u>  oatriot 
had  a  lease  from  his  son,  David  11.  Leon- 
ard, was  sold  to  Azariah  Smith  on  a 
inortRaKe  sale,  and  so  liconard  paid  him 
rent. 
CALEB  MKRRILIj— 

T\w  service  of  Caleb  Merrill  of  Mi\n- 
\  was  diirinj?  the  last  years  of  the 
war,  as  he  was  but  17  years  old  at  the 
time  of  liis  enlistment  in  (lie  spring  of 
1781.  His  service  was  until  June,  178;?; 
his  enlistment  for  tliree  years,  or  dur- 
ing the  war.  Tn  the  Ninth  Arassachu- 
setta  regiment,  under  Colonel  Henry 
Jackson,  in  Cai)tain  Hunt's  company  of 
lipht  infantry,  Merrill  bef,'an  his  service. 
The  ne.\t  year  lu;  was  transferred  into 
the  Second  ]\Lissachuse(ts  reffinu-nt, 
Colonel  Spraut,  in  Captain  Robert  Bra<l- 
ford's  company  of  liyht  infantry,  and 
served  until  his  discharj^e.  Cahd)  said 
in  1820  tliat  all  lie  possessed  in  the 
world  was  a  loViacco  bo.v  and  knife 
wortli  .'57  ^ccnts,  but  lie  had  debts 
amounting'  to  ,$;>,(»(^M>.  He  was  unable 
to  work  because  of  a  lo^'  rolling  uiion 
him.  His  family  consisted  of  his  wife, 
Sally,  ajred  r)4,  and  his  two  daughters, 
Charlotte,  aged  17,  and  Helena,  aged  13. 
ASA  MERRILL— 

At  the  age  of  58  Asa  Merrill  first  went 
before  the  court  in  1820  to  make  affida- 
vit of  his  Ilevolutionary  service.  He 
said  that  he  fought  for  the  cause  of  the 
colonies  from  May,  1777,  to  May,  1780. 
He    enlisted      in    Towusend,    Middlesex, 


Mass.,  in  Captain  Hugh  Maxwell's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Jiailey's  regiment,  and  was 
regularly  \  ischarged.  Merrill  was  a 
cooper,  but  he  said  that  in  conseciuence 
of  lameness, — a  stiff  knee  and  rheuma- 
tism,— he  was  unable  to  labor  more  than 
a  quarter  of  the  time.  His  family  con- 
sisted of  six,  his  wife,  Sarah,  aged  43; 
Betsey  Cooley,  17;  Franklin  Cooley,  l.^i; 
Aaron  Cooley,  13;  Mary  K.  Merrill,  4, 
and  INIaria  F.  Merrill,  2.  The  value  of 
his  iiropcrty  was  .$378.0."),  and  his  debts 
footed  .i;(;00.2.".,  ]iut  because  of  liis 
wealth,  Merrill's  name  was  drojiped  from 
the  jiension  list,  and  on  the  2()th  of  INfay, 
1823,  he  nijide  a  s<'con(l  application. 
Then  he  showed  how  his  "wealth"  had 
changed.  TL-  said  that  the  -"set  of 
cooper's  tools"  were  much  worn  and  re- 
duced in  value;  oic-  ".saw"  worth  ifl.7r), 
was  sold  to  Sammd  Edwards  in  part 
payment  for  |»asturing  a  cow;  "grind- 
stone," full  half  worn  out;  "(ifteen  bar- 
rells,"  disposed  of  to  Messrs.  Hull  & 
Moseley  foi-  family  supiilies;  "three  old 
kegs,"  gone  to  d(>cay;  "staves,  headings, 
ete.,  made  up,  help  paid,  and  debts  duo 
Sylvanus  Tousley,  Keuben  Bennett,  Mor- 
ris Hall  &  Co.,  and  W.  &  C.  Gardner, 
naiil;"  "(Hie  bai-rel  of  soap,"  used  up; 
"one  iixe,  otio  wheelbarrow,"  nearly  worn 
out,  lent  and  lost;  "two  hogs,  five  pigs," 
fatted  and  eaten;  "cash  one  dollar," 
ex|)ended  in  going  lo  Onondaga  to  make 
the  scliedule  in  1820;  "debts  due,  sup- 
posed good  and  collectable,"  setthvl,  ex- 
ce|)t  that  of  Slociim  ^  Williams,  and 
they  dispute  the  demand:  nothing  re- 
ceived or  can  be  from  "debts  bad;"  one- 
half  of  jiew  ill  Christ  church,  Manlius, 
dis|)osed  of  to  Sylvanus  Toush>y  towards 
a  note  held  against  him  for  the  pew  it- 
self. At  that  time  the  pensioner  said 
he  owed  .f.'UD.W),  to  Thomas  J.  Gilbert, 
David  ]<:iy,  Tillotson  ^  Moseley,  R.  Ben- 
nett, Smith  &  Clark,  David  "Hubbard, 
Nathan  Williams,  Nathan  Hibbard  and 
Erastus  Ward.  He  rented  from  Isaac 
Hall,  and  his  entire  proi)ertv  was  ad- 
judged to  be  worth  ."fllS.OO.  It  included 
."'.0  books,  thrtM^  jiocket  books,  a  wash- 
board, umbrella  and  secretary,  items  not 
often  found  in  the  schedules  of  that  day. 
Merrill  was  alive  in  18-10,  at  the  age 
of  80. 
WILLIAM    ORCUTT— 

The    service  ,of    William    Orcutt    was 
in  the  First  Massachusetts  regiment  of 


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Colonel  Vose,  under  Captain  John  Mills. 
Onnitt  was  (iiJ  years  old  in  1820,  and, 
while  his  property  was  considered  worth 
$i;!2.fi4,  he  had  ."f28:{.r.O  debts  to  offset 
it.  His  fiuniiy  consisted  of  his  wife 
and  three  sons,  the  latter  a^ed  17,  14 
and  11. 
ASA  PARKS— 

Under  Captain  Allen,  in  Cidonel  Jon- 
athan Ward's  regiment  of  JNrassachnsctts 
troop.  Asa  I'arUs  served  for  one  ye:ir, 
from  January  1,  177(5,  to  Jnnnary  1, 
1777.  At  tin;  time  of  mnkini:  his  afh- 
diivit,  1820,  Parks  wns  (if)  years  old,  and 
all  his  property  was  only  considered 
worth  !p:W,  and  he  had  pledged  all  of  it 
with  the  exception  of  a  set  of  shoemak- 
er's tools  worth  $;i,  to  Pearl  Kellof:^' 
for  a  debt  of  .$20.  Parks  was  a  coni- 
wainer  by  occupation.  lie  had  a  jjrand- 
child,  ,(ieorKe  W.  Parks,  aged  12,  who 
lived  with  him. 
GEORGE   RANSIER— 

Long  and  valiant  scrvic'e  in  the  war 
of  the  Revolution  was  sworn  to  by 
George  Kansior  upon  the  25th  of  Janu- 
ary, 1825.  He  was  then  G!)  years  of 
age.  He  said  that  early  in  177tj,  he 
volunteered  with  his  whole  company, 
and  served  si.x;  months,  partly  at  l>oiig 
Island  and  partly  at  Kings  ]{ridge  ami 
^Vhite  Plains.  In  1777  he  was  employed 
twelve  n\onths  in  the  service,  three 
months  in  Captain  Herrick's  Hangers, 
afterwards  under  Captain  Hill  and 
others,  near  AVest  Point,  and  the  latter 
part  of  the  year  under  Colonel  Dubois. 
lOarly  in  April,  1778,  ho  enlisted  in  Cap- 
tain Jonathan  Titus'  company,  Colonel 
Henry  B.  Livingston's  reginn-nt,  for  nine 
months,  in  place  of  a  man  drafted, 
and  served  the  full  period  and'six  weeks 
longer.  It  was  at  I''ishkill,  N.  Y.,  that 
he  enlisted  and  he  joined  his  regiment  at 
\'all(\v  I'^orge.  Ho  was  one  to  assist 
in  guarding  a  Hag  at  Monmouth;  was  a  1- 

leiwanls  Mta(i( d  at  While  Plains  and 

Peekskill,  and  was  disdiarged  msir  h'ort 
Plain,  on  the  .Mohawk,  in  I^'eliruary, 
177!).  Immediately  Kansier  eidisted  in 
('aptain  McKean's  comi)any,  Colomd 
Van  IJensselaer's  regimcMit,  for  nine 
months,  and  acted  as  sergeant.  He  served 
his  full  time  at  a  fort  at  Cermautown, 
on  the  Mohawk  river.  During  1780  Jian- 
sier   served   as   a    batteauman    for   eight 


months  on  the  Mohawk  river,  in  convey- 
ing provisions  and  supplies  to  Port  Stan- 
wix.  Again  he  enlisted,  early  in  1781,. 
in  Colonel  Marius  Willett's  regiment  for 
nine  months,  and  served  the  full  tiiue. 
This  service  took  him  into  the*  battle  of 
.Tohnstown  and  other  skirmishes.  Prc(of 
of  this  service  was  found  in  three  aflidaV- 
its  that  were  annexed.  They  were  swor'n 
to  by  II.  Lyon,  Christoiiher  (Jlazier  an<l 
John  Smith.  Kansier  did  not  get  a  pen^ 
sion  th<>n,  because  of  ins\iHiciency  ol' 
proof,  ami  upon  the  2!)th  of  September^ 
18.">0,  he  again  went  before  the  court' 
and  made  allidavit  as  to  his  service. 
In  1825,  Kansier  said  that  he  and  his 
wife,  Anna  Barbara,  resided  with  their 
son,  Ceorge  Kansier,  jr.  His  schedule 
showed  that  he  possessiMl  liut  ^IS.Sl 
\vorth  of  property.  He  had  a  small  debt 
against  Thomas  Seeger  and  .Tolin  I.  Wal- 
rath,  but  they  had  taken  the  benetit  of 
the  insolvent  act.  John  Kverson,  jr.,  was 
his  son-in-law,  and  owed  him  for  a  pair 
of  shoes  and  sonu-  other  sums  which 
John  denied,  but  Kansier  said  that  he 
intended  to  prosecute  him.  In  18.'.50, 
Kansier  said:  "I  have  never  been  in 
the  possession  of  moiiey  enough  to  go  in 
search  of  evidence  of  my  services  in 
the  Kevolution,  and  evtn  now  have  to 
r(dy  upon  the  charity  of  my  friends  to 
get  evidence."  He  also  said  that  ho 
owned  one-quarter  of  an  acre  of  land  in 
]\ranlius,  worth  .$."],  but  not  worth  en- 
closing with  a  fence.  He  had.  a  farm 
in  Manlius  until  1817  or  1818,  when  he 
became  involved  in  debt  and  dependent 
for  the  management  of  it  upon  one  of 
his  sons,  so  he  conveyed  the  farm  to  ' 
him.  This  farm  of  88  acres  he  bought  in 
18(t7  for  .$1,250.  and  conveyed  it  to  his 
son  Ceorge  for  .$25.  He  lived  with  his 
childrcMi,  part  of  the  time  in  Cayuga, 
and  iiart  of  the  tiuu'  in  Manlius.  In 
1810  at  the  age  of  84,  the  pensioner  still 
lived   with  his  son   (;eorg(>  in   Manlius. 

JOHN  SMITII- 

The  veleran  Jidin  Smith  of  Manlius, 
went  before  Judge  Joshua  h'oiinan  of 
the  Common  Pl(>as  in  Si'pteuiber,  1820, 
at  the  ag(>  of  S-1  years,  and  made  his  ap- 
plic-atiou.  He  said  that  in  the  year  1770, 
he  enlisted  for  one  year  in  Captain  Jacob 
W.  Seeber's  company,  in  Colonel  Cor- 
nelius    D.   Wyukoop's  regiment    of  the 


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Nt«\v  York  line.  lie  was  si'iit  up  with  his  joiIN  SPARLING—  , 
toinpiiii.v,  as  he  roi-ollL'ftctl,  to  Fort  Stiiii-  'pi,^.  yi-iviccs  of  John  Sparling,  who  j 
wix,  to  stoi)  all  the  boats,  and  he  served  ^^..^,.  ,;-  j.^..,,.j,  of  age  at  the  tiino  of  his 
(luring  the  whole  year  as  a  sergeant  m  nppearanee  before  the  eourt  in  1S2().  ' 
that  company.  He  believed  that  he  was  ^^..,^  j,,  t),,.  company  of  Cai)tain  Daniel 
diseharged  near  Kort  I'lain,  in  the  spring  i.i..,tf_  j,,  the  First  New  Jersey-  regi- 
of  the  year  1777,  but  he  could  not  stale  „i^„t^  commanded  by  Colonel  Winds, 
the  (lay  of  the  month  he  enlisted  or  was  .,,„i  ]„.  served  for  one  year.  He  said 
discharged.  After  the  expiration  of  thi.s  ,),,,,  i,,.  owned  sixteen  acres  of  wild 
year's  service,  Uobert  McKean  raised  a  i.,„(i  whiidi  was  iiKMunbered  by  a  mort- 
coinpany,  in  which  Smilh  was  a  lieu-  j,,,„.,.  ^j^,,,,!  i,,.  i?,.|,j.nnin  Darling.  'J'his 
lenaiit,  and  he  served  as  smdi  for  two  j.,,,,!  ]„.  ,.„|,,si,|, .,•,.,!  worth  ^4S,  but  it  was 
years  and  then  resigned.  He  enlisted  so  incund.ered  that  he  belic^ved  it  un- 
in  177S,  and  for  that  .s(>rvice  he  ai.plied  ,.,>rtain  whether  or  not  ne  should  be 
for  a  pension  before,  but  his  application  beiielited.  Among  his  poss(>ssions  was 
was  rejected.  I[e  was  informed  that  it  .,  i„jj  ,.],.. ,i„  ^vhich  he  considered  worth 
was  1km  atise  his  service  was  in  the  levies.  ,^^  i,.,,st  .s;i. .-,(».  He  owed  Hendrick  Hig- 
On  ihe  I'.tth  day  of  .Inly.  IS'JO.  Albert  )„.^._  {;,,,„.gc  Taylor  and  Timothy  Hunt- 
Van  de  Worker  of  Saliiia,  went  before  i,.y.  Mrs.  Sparling  was  (;;{  years  old 
.Judge  Forman  and  swore  that  he  was  .,t  that  time,  and  they  had  one  son. 
a  lieutenant  in  INIcKean's  company  in  .[oseph,  aged  Ki. 
177C..  and  that  he  well  knew  J(,hn  Smith,  THOMAS  WHIPPLE-  ■ 
who   was   a    soldier   n,   (  aptaui    S..eber  s  ,,,,^^,^_^_.^^                     ^^.^^^  ^.^^                                    . 

conmanv     rom  some   time   in   the   mfuith  i^.,,\       ii                 i    •      /i      .    •       im 

'  .     ,  ,                   *i  +1      1    .♦       .    ,f     f  i\  1^-0.      He    served    in    Caiitaiii    Flowers 

of    I  ebrUiUT  until  tlu.  latter  par    (d   De-  ,,..,„„^,„,,        (,„,,„„.,      r.v.L,,^,      S..cond 

cember  of  the  same  year.      ', en   Sunt  ^,,ss,..l,„.setls  ivginuMit,  and  afterwards 

served  as  s..rgeant    an(     \  an  d^  \\  orker        ;,,  ^,     ,^,;,^  Sonney's  co,n,,anv,  sa reg- 

became  ac.,ua.nted    with    hun   at  th..   re-  j,,,,,,,^      ;,,    ^,,,.    ^^.^,^.    ^^^    |,,/ i{,,„i„tion. 

cnntn.g   rendezvous   a      ( .auajo liarie     on  „,.  ^^.^,^  ,,.„,,,,,y  discharged.  The  value 

the    .Mohawk    river.       1  he    ae(,uain  ance  ,,^.  ^,„    ^vhipple•s  property   was  placed  at 

was    continued    during    the    tune    of    the  ^._,_^  ,,._.    ^,„,,  ,,5^  .i^.tsw^re  only  .^^C.     He          " 

iMa;;;:%ii  tr ^^diin^k^r^;:^^^^^  van';;:  --  ='  —  •-  ^--^^  --<'  '>-^  -^  -i^<' 

Worker  understooxl,  as  he  was  not  pres- 
ent, his  comjiany  having  been  discharged 

at  .lohnstown  in  the  latter  part  of  the  1"  <  iM'tam  W  at.stm  s  company,  Col- 
vear  177(;.  Further  than  this,  Nichol.is  <'»'''  H'-'iry  Jackson's  regiment,  Mas- 
Pickard  of  Camillus,  made  an  allidavit  ^!«<-hu.setts  troop,  Amos  Wilkins  served 
on  August  2d.  lS-_'«),  of  the  service  of  ^'"i"  the  term  of  one  year,  until  trans- 
Smith.  He  belonged  to  McKean's  com-  i^'^'n^^^  to  the  light  infantry  company 
pany,  whi(  h  was  said  to  be  in  Wynkoop's  <<uuinanded  by  Lieutenant  White  in  the 
n'gi'ineiit.  I)ut  as  the  company  was  sta-  '''''"''I  '-I'^'inH-nt  of  the  Mass.achusetts 
tioiied  on  the  Mohawk  river  at  an  out-  ''"^'>  ^\'''l'>'1'  ''i'  served  until  discharged, 
post,  thev  never  saw  Wvnkoop  during  ^'''  ^^'"^  '"'-^  J'f'=""«  o'*'  when  he  made  his 
his  nine"  months'  service.  He  knew  .•[.plicatimi  in  ISL'O.  He  .s.-iid  then  that. 
Smith  to  he  a  sergeant  in  Seeber's  com-  '>i't«i«lc'  <'f  necessary  wearing  iipi)arel, 
panv,  and  .losliua  Forman  appended  tlK^  '"'  P«>-^S<'><>^»><1  '"'t  one  pair  of  spectacles, 
not(-  that  he  considered  I'ickard  a  credit-  W'"*-'''  '"'  valued  at  fifty  cents.  He  said 
able  witness.  Smith  was  entirely  blind  "'"t  lu'  was  very  iuHrm,  having  been 
in  IS-JO,  and  said  that  he  had  been  for  wounded  "during  the  late  war  in  the 
many  vears.  He  had  no  i.roi)erty  what-  ''"'f'''  ^'^  Sackett's  Harbor."  He  was 
ever  exceid  his  clothing,  and  had  b.'en  •'idircly  <le)>endent  upon  his  iiensiou  and 
supported    as   a    (tauper    by    the    town    of  ihiirity. 

Manlius.       He    swore    that    his    children  WILLIAM    YARRINGTON— 

had  all  married  ofl",  and   his  wife  would  T'h>    services    of    Wiliinm    Yarrington 

not    live    with    him    because    he    was    so  of      Maulius,    was    in    (.':ii)taiji    Smith's 

]H)OV.  comiiaiiy,    Colonel    Corthind's    regiment, 


iiged   ."i!>,   a    son    IS,   and    a    daughtm-    1,""?. 
AMOS   WILKINS— 


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New  York  line.  His  oko  waa  50  m 
IS'JO.  His  proiH'rty  he  vnliiod  at.  ifllO.TT, 
and  siiid  that  ho  owcnl  ^'M.  His  wife 
WHS  nti  yeni-H  of  njic,  and  ho  had  a 
daii^litir   MKod  ].*{. 

'IMie  rooords  of  Manilas  rovohitioiiary 
horoos,  other  than  those  who  took  ad- 
vantage of  the  act  of  ISIS,  are  interest- 
In^',  and  the  regret  is  tliat  more  wore 
not  preserved,  as  many  old  soldiers  made 
their  homes  in  this  town.  Those  whoso 
names  have  found  their  wny  into  the 
in-inted  records  are  as  follows :-- 
LEWIS   BISHOP— 

The  pensioner,  Lewis  Bisho])  was  one 
of  the  three  last  survivors  of  Cohmel 
Lamb's  regiment  of  artill(>ry,  formed  for 
the  defense  of  the  New  York  frontiei'  in 
17SL  In  1S-10,  at  the  age  ^f  71),  he  was 
living  with  Levi  Bishop  in  the  town  of 
Manlins. 
ANDREW  BALSLEY— 

Th(>  veteran,  Andrew  Lalsley,  was  a 
resident  (d"  Ihe  west  end  of  I  lie  town  of 
Manlins  whioli  was  taken  to  form  He- 
witt. Li  1S40,  the  pensioner  had 
reached  the  age  of  S.'i,  and  resided  with 
.James  Balsley. 
SILAS  BURKE— 

In  the  eensus  returns  of  1S40  is  found 
the   record    of   Silas   lUirke,    a    pensioner 
of  the  war  of  the  Revolution.     He  also 
resided  in  Dewitt. 
HENRY   BOGARDUS— 

With   Henry   V.    Bogardus   of   Hewitt, 
in   IS-IO,    resided    the    Kevolutionnry   pen- 
sioner,   Henry    lioganlus.      Tlie    soldier 
then  gave  his  age  as  77. 
ROSWELL    CLEVELAND— 

The   census   of   ■  1S40   shows     Roswell 
Cleveland  of  Maiditis  a  pensioner  of  the 
war  of  the  Revolution,  nnd   SI  years  of 
age. 
JOHN  COLE— 

.loliii  C(de,  (hi'  iiciisioMcr,  gave  his  age 
IIS  7"!   for  lh(>  census  (d'   IS  10.      He  hiiil  a 
family  and  lived  in  Manlius. 
.JACOB    G.    GOW— 

The   soldier,   Jacob   G.    Gow,   lived    in 

the  town  of  Hewitt  in  1840.     He  resided 

with  John  G.  Gow,  nnd  wns  84  years  old. 

ABSALOM  DENNY— 

In  1840,  Absalom  Honny,  the  ])ensionor 


of     the   Revolution,   lived     with    Abijah 

:N[iller. 

GEORGl':  EDICK— 

At  the  age  of  84,  George  Mdick  was 
still  alive  and  a  ri<sident  of  the  t4>wn  of 
Ib'will  in  1840.     He  lived  with  his  fam-. 

iiy. 

P:LTJ  AH    GRIDLEY— 

lOlijah    Gridley    was    SO    years   old    in 
184^),  ami  a  iiensioner  of  the  government. 
That    is    the    record    in    the    census    re- 
tnin. 
CALEB    B.    MERRELL— 

In  Lukiu's  history  of  Military  Lodge 
No.  Ito  of  Manlius,  is  found  a  record 
of  Caleb  B.  Merrell,  a  Revolutionary 
soldier  who  is  said  to  have  been  a  com- 
missioned ollicer  in  the  American  army.  . 
However  that  may  be,  the  records  of  the 
American  army  do  not  show  that  Caleb 
Men-ell  was  ever  a  commissioned  oflicer 
iii  the  army.  This  same  rerord  says  that 
Merrell  %\as  born  in  Great  Barrington, 
Mass..  in  17r)4,  and  that  during  tin? 
struggle  for  American  indeiK'udenco  lu! 
parlicip^Jod  in  the  battles  of  Benning- 
ton. Bemis  Heights,  Saratoga,  Still- 
water, and  that  ho  was  at  the  surrender 
of  P.urgoyne.  He  was  at  one  time  taken 
prisoner,  conveyed  to  Canada,  and  con- 
tined  for  some  time.  He  located  at 
Whitestown,  and  sometime  previous  to 
1801!  he  removed  to  i\Ianlius,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  business  of  a  sta- 
tionery and  book  store.  He  was  the 
hist  Worshipful  Master  of  the  Manlius 
lodge.  His  death  occurred  on  the  2d  of 
.Inly,  1^2. 
Z 10 1  nODIOE    T'OTTER— 

The  jiensioner,  Zi'bedoe  Potter  resided 
in    Manlius   in   1840       He   gave   his   age 
as    S(i    years. 
PELHAM  W.   RIPLEY— 

At  the  age  of  70,  the  soldier  IVIham 
W.  Ripley,  was  alive  in  ISIO  lo  answer 
to  the  census  of  the  Revolutionary  jtcn- 
sioners.  I!(>  and  Ins  family  I'osidod  in 
Dewitt. 
'I'lMOTlI  Y   TEALI,r- 

With  his  four  brothers,  I  >r.  Timothy 
Teall  served  in  the  Revolution.  The  ser- 
vice of  the  patriot  was  for  six  years, 
and  I'ighteen  nmnths  of  tlnit  period  he 
spi'ul  as  ;i  prisoner,  having  lieeii  captured 
at  Horse  Neck  at  the  tinu>  when  Gen- 
eral   I'utimm    made    his    f.-nnous    escape. 


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In    1791    Dr.    Teall    inove<l    to    Manliiis 

with  liis  fjunily.     At  the  tii'st  town  lucet- 

iiif;    hchl    iu    Manlins,    Tea  11    was    inadt' 

assessor,   and  in  LSOl)  was  elected   town 

clerk. 

WILLIAM    VERMILYEA— 

The  soldier,  William  Verniilyea, 
couldn't  have  been  nmch  more  than  a 
lad  in  the  latter  years  of  tlu'  Kevolution, 
yet  he  took  part  in  the  coiillici,  and  was 
a  pensioner  in  1840,  at  Ihe  age  of  74. 
He  lived  in  Dewitt. 
JOSEl'H  WILLTAMS- 

Aeeording  to  Lakin's  History  of  the 
lAla alius  lodge,  Joseph  Williams  was  a 
captain  in  the  Continental  army.  He 
located  in  IManlius  iu  17!)."),  having  come 
from  Connecticut.  He  houglit  his  land 
at  twenty  shillings  an  acre,  and  in  tiie 
first  year  cleared  and  feu^'cd  live  aci'es. 
H'  brought  his  family  to  Manlins  the 
folk  wing  year  with  an  o\  team  and  a 
sled.  He  had  but  hfty  cents  in  cash 
when  he  arrived: 
HUBERT  WILSON— 

,  The  relation  of  Robert  Wilson's  war 
recoril  to  E.  W.  Clarke  was  interesting. 
During  the  War  of  the  Uev(dution  Rob- 
ert \.ilson  accompanied  his  uncle,  Cap- 
tiin  Cregg,  to  h'ort  Schuyler,  and  was 
d 'siri/us  of  accompanying  him  at  the 
time  he  was  shot  and  scalped,  but,  on 
account  of  his  youth  (only  thirteen  years 
of  age)  and  the  apparent  danger,  was 
not  permitted.  He  was  api)Ointed  an 
ensign  at  the  age  of  eighteen  and  soon 
after  received  a  lieutenant's  commission 
and  served  through  the  war.  He  was  at 
the  taking  of '-Cornwallis,  and  was  or- 
dered to  superintend  the  receiving  of  the 
Rritish  standards,  forty-eight  in  num- 
iter.  When  the  olUcers  of  the  IJriti.sh 
army  were  ilrawn  up  to  present  their 
coloi's,  as  nuiuy  Ameri<'an  sei'geaiits  weri- 
directed  to  secure  them.  The  Ri'itish 
oHicers  refused  to  deliver  them  into  the 
hands  of  non-commissioned  otKceis,  and 
(iolomd  Hamilton,  seeing  the  confusion 
ano  delay,  ordered  Ijieutenant  Wilson  to 
rec(>ive  tiiem  and  pass  them  to  the  hands 
of  the  sergeants.  Which  he  .liil  by  pass- 
ing between  the  two  ranks  fnuu  one  end 
to  the  other,  to  the  salisfacliou  <d'  all. 
Wilson  was  the  second  )H.sli)iasler  of 
Maidius  iu  ISO:'.. 
DAVID    WILLIAMS—  '. 

One  of  the  tirst  overseers  of  the  poor 


of  the  town  of  Manlins  is  given  in  the 
History  of  the  Military  Lodge  as  a  cap- 
tain in  the  American  army.  The  rec- 
ords of  the  army  do  not  show  that  he 
was  a  captain,  in  1802,  when  the  Mili-  . 
lary  lodge  was  instituted,  he  presented 
it  with  a  sword  that  ho  had  secured  on 
Hie  battlefield  of  Yorktown. 
MAJOR    WATSON— 

In  1840  the  Revolutionary  soldier, 
.Major  Watson,  resided  with  Daniel 
Downs  in  the  town  of  Dewitt.  He  had 
lh(h  reached  the  ripe  old  age  of  03,  ami 
was  a  pensioner  for  his  services. 
SAMUEL    WILCOX- 

The  veteran,  Samuel  Wilcox,  was 
born  in  I'eru,  Mass.,  January  2d,  1744, 
according  to  the  records  of  the  Manlius 
.M Hilary  lodge.  Rut  the  army  records 
do  not  say  that  he  was  commissioned  a 
captain  as  stated  in  the  lodge  history. 
Ilcwever,  "Samuel  Wilcocks"  is  given 
as  a  Second  Lieutenant  of  Paterson's 
regiimnt  from  May,  1775.  Wilcox  was 
in  the  battle  at  Rreed's  Hill  on  January 
17,  177r>,  and  later  accompanied  liene- 
dict  Arnold  to  (}uebec.  Wik-o.x  was  in 
the  repulse  of  JNl  nitgomery  at  the  storm- 
ing of  ()nebec,  and  returned  to  the  col- 
onies in  177r,.  He  was  later  taken  pris- 
oner and  conlined  in  the  noisome  prison 
shii>s,  ^Vilcox  came  to  New  York  in 
1708,  located  in  the  Dewitt  end  of  Man- 
lius. and  died  June  28,  1827. 
JOHN    YOUNG—  ,  .      ^. 

One  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Onou-  , 
daga  county  was  John  Young,  the  Rev- 
olutionary 'soldier,  who  located  three 
miles  east  of  the  city  line  in  178S.  At 
the  close  of  the  war  he  lived  for  a  time 
■  in  Saratoga  county. 

;iiiir(;ellu8. 

The  old  town  of  Marcellus  included 
th(!  present  towns  of  Marcellus,  and 
Skaneateh-s,  the  latter  being  formed  in 
18:!0.  In  tlie  old  town  of  Marcellus 
some  ;;.■{  Revolutionary  soldiers  made 
their  homes.  Marcellus  was  No.  0  of 
the  towns  of  the  Military  Tract,  but  at 
present  only  contains  one-tenth  of  the 
original  township.  'J'he  greater  mnnber 
of  the  tirst  settlers  of  the  town  were 
from  Massachusetts.  The  records  of 
vetei-ans  found  in  the  court  reports  con- 
tain some  of  th(!  most  interesting  of  lo- 
cal Revolutionary  data,  and  are  as  fol- 
lows:— 


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feTEfHEN  ALBRO- 

la  tlio  c'ompiiuy  of  Captain  Pi'ddiaiii, 
ro^'iint'iit  of  Col.  Jcrcuiiali  Oliicy,  Kliodc 
Island  lint'  of  troop,  Stephen  AWn-o  of 
^faiTellns  served  during  the  war  of  the 
Kevolntiou.  He  was  5!»  years  of  aj;e 
wlien  he  eame  into  eonrt  in  1S20,  and 
told  of  the  Koods  of  this  world  which  he 
posst'ssed.  As  he  swoi-e  that  all  his 
chattels  were  worth  l.nt  ^^VuMS,  he  put 
it  in  a  sarcastic  way,  cnuniueratin^'  ids 
l)ossessions  I'ven  to  the  cat  and  [jlacinj;-  a 
valiu>  on  each.  He  considered  his  cat 
worth  six  cents.  Alhro  was  a  farmer 
and  iutirni  hecanse  of  Ins  wound.  His 
wife  was  '»!>  years  old,  and,  his  daugh- 
ter, Maria  Alhro,  18.  He  owed  Joinithai, 
Kerry  $75  and  Scott  iV  Fowler,  !fjr>.  In 
the  census  of  l.S4t>,  Alhro  is  still  found 
to  l)e  alive,  at  the  af,'e  of  SI,  and  that 
he  lived  with  Maria  Hininan  in  the  town 
(•f  Spalford. 
JOHN  BRISTOL— 
/     The    Kevolutiouary    soldier   John    Kris- 

/  tol  was  a  resident  of  that  i)art  of  Mar- 
cellns  old  town  which  in  1S:!()  hecaine 
Skaneateles.  He  was  S;5  years  old  when 
he  came  into  court  in  IS'J.")  und  told  his 
war  record.  He  said  tii.-it  he  enlisted 
for  oni'  year  in  Octuher  or  .\oveuiher, 
177."»,  in  Conncclicut,  under  Capl.  Titus 
Watson,  Col.  JUirrcU's  re^'inn-nt,  ami 
served  until  Au^nst  1."),  177(i.  Sometime 
ill  the  latter  part  of  the  fall  of  177.".  or 
forepart   of   the   winter  of    177(;,    Bristol 

■  started  with  C'ol.  Hiirrell's  re;iinu'nt  for 
t^uehec,  and  passed  thiiuif^h  Albany, 
Fort  (JeorKe,  Ticondero^-a  and  St. 
.John's,  and  went  as  fai'  as  (^hausable. 
Tlien  the  rcKimt'ut  returned  to  Tii'on- 
dero^a,  slayed  a  short  time  and  went  to 
h'ort  (ieorjie,  whei'e  Hiistol  was  dis- 
chai'Kcd.  'I'lie  ved-ran's  proi.erty  anutunt- 
ed  to  hilt  .');r»7.(;i.  Bristol  was  a  potash 
boiler  for  Winston  Day. 
JAMES    BAKKR—  * 

The  service"  of  .lanu's  Jiaker  was'  in 
C(d.  .Tohn  Brook.**'  rej,'iment.  Captain 
l.nke  Day's  company.  He  had  no  landed 
propertv,  and  all  his  Dersonal  property 
to-eth.'r  but  footed  $11.-J4.  His  most 
valuable  i)ossessions  were  a  three-pail 
kettle  worth  .$1^,  and  a  tire  shovel  and 
ton^s  worth  .f1.  Bak(-r  was  (-.4  years 
old  in  1S-_M),  and  a  laborer.  His  wife 
Sarah  was  (t4  years  old,  and  they  had  a 
little  K'irl  a^'ed  i). 


LOUIS  BAKER— 

The  i)ensiom>r  Tj/^iuis  Bakor  was  n  vet- 
eran of  the  Massachusetts  line.  He 
served  in  Col.  >richaer  .Fackson's  reK'- 
ment,  Capt.  Coj^swell's  comitany."  Baker 
was  ."»S  years  old  in  ISUO,  and  possessed 
.")!)  acres  valued  at  .$10  an  acre,  some 
stock  and  a  i»otash  kettle.  To  offset  his 
assets  (if  .$'J4."i.lil  there  were  debts  of 
.t;4r)."i.  Baker  had  two  sons  and  a  daugh- 
ter, Flisha,  aK.'d  !),  Thomas,  1!),  and 
Huldah,  l(i.  Baker'  resided  with  Will- 
iam Baker  in  l.S4<t. 
JOSEPH   COY- 

I'^-om  the  1st  of  December,  177.1,  to 
the  'M  of  January,  1777,  the  soldier, 
.loseph  Coy,  served  in  ('apt.  .Tedediah 
Wateinmn's  company,  Col.  .Tohn  Dur- 
kee's  rcKinient.  He  was  70  years  old  in 
l.S-JO,  and  had  jiroiu-rty  worth  .fKIO.tt.'?, 
and  debts  of  .f.-.(i.,S7.  Coy  was  f.u-merly 
a  shoemakt'r. 
NEHKMIAH   CLEAVELAND- 

Upon  the  27th  of  .lanuary,  lS2n,  the 
Revolutionary  veteran  Nehemiah  Cleave- 
land  said  that  his  age  w'as  •'7."»  past." 
He  enlisted  for  one  year  in  the  early 
part  .of  177(i,  at  Ilampsiiire,  .Mass.,  in 
the  company  of  Cap?,  .loiuifhan  Allen, 
r(>Kimeiit  of  Col.  .lomithan  Ward.  Cleave- 
land  joined  the  army. at  Doi'chester  soon 
after,  and  went  to  New  York,  where  he 
served  his  full  time  and  was  disclwirf,'e(l 
in  1777  at  Peekskill.  The  veteran  was 
in  the  battle  on  Lonu'  Island  ami  (m  York 
Island.  He  had  a  lease  on  .SO  acres  on 
lot  :>(■.  duriuin-  life,  and  his  ]»ersonnl  prop- 
erty was  worth  .pO.  Cleaveland  had  a 
wife  and  two  children.  In  1S40  the  vet- 
<'ran  was  alive  at  the  age  of  S7,  ami  lived 
with  ]-oiiis  W.  Cle.aveiand  in  Skaneat- 
eles. 
RtOUKEN   PARNHAM- 

The  veteran  Reuben  I'^arnham  was  71 
years  old  in  1S20.  liv  had  served  fi»r 
one  year,  in  177(i,  in  Captain  Thomas 
<  Jrosvenor's  <'onipany.  Col.  John  Dur- 
kee's  r(>jL;inu'nt,  Twentieth  Continental 
infantry.  In  i.uttin;,'  the  value  of  his 
(iroperty  at  .^i^lOti,  the  veteran's  schedule 
is  intert'stiuK  in  his  evident  desire  to  let 
the  government  know  why  his  values, 
V  (  re  sold.  He  saiil  he  had  "one  nnire. 
rin«-boned,  ."flO;  one  old  cow,  hipped,  ."f."»; 
one  snnill  calf,  ^IJA);  two  simill  hook's, 
Hf'll;    shovel,   tonjjs,   two  old   chairs,    etc." 


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Farnliam    was  -  a    mason    by   trade,   and 
ainouff  tlio  firms  ho  owed,  for  his  debts 
anioiiiited  to  ^U.'i.Sl,  were  Day  &  Hicox, 
and   Hall  i^c  Fynch. 
NOBLK  GIJNN— 

In  the  riimpany  of  Captain  Jenkins,  ' 
regiment  of  Col.  Samnel  Brewer,  and 
brJKade  of  (iiMieral  Patterson,  the  vet- 
eran A'oble  (Jium  served  for  three  years, 
lie  was  5S  years  okl  in  1.S20,  and  liad 
property  valned  at  ^44,  with  debts  of 
.t^-lO.  Said  he:  "I  am  a  miller,  and  have 
been  lanu^  eVer  sinic  the  war  in  con.se- 
qnencc  of  having  had  my  knee  i)roken 
in  tlic  si'rvice  of  the  Uevoltition,  and  am 
not  altio  to  lalior  much."  His  .sons  wt^re 
Kiufr  (innn,  a^ed  IS;  Hnrrell,  an*'  not 
«iven;  Westill.  ap'tl  12,  and  Orin,  a>,'ed 
7.  Tliere  was  also  a  daujihter,  Martha 
Ann  (Innn. 
STEPHEN   HAGAR— 

In  the  company  of  Captain  Job  Sumner 
and  Col.  William  llnirs  rejiiment,  Ste- 
pl  en  Ilapir  served  dnrinK  the  Kevidu- 
tionaiy  war.  He  had  piopcrty  wortli 
iF.'U.OU,  wlneli  included  a  Bible,  Hymn 
Book  and  "Saint's  Rest,"  books  seldom 
found  in  thi>  schedidi-s  of  the  soldiers. 
His  debts  amoiintcd  1o  i^^'.'ut.  Ha^ar  was 
Co  yisirs  old  in  ISliO,  his  wife  f)*),  and 
thev  liad  daUKhtcrs  a^'ed  'SA,  17,  13  and 
1.".. 
JONATHAN  HOWARD— 

Upon  tlie  r)th  of  February,  IS'23,  the 
soldier,  Jonatlum  Howard,  said  that  he 
was  70  years  old.  Early  in  the  spring  of 
177(1,  lie  was  enlisted  l)y  Major  Van 
Buren,  in  a  com!)any  at  Hens.selaer,  N. 
v.,  organized  under  Captain  B(>ntley. 
Howard  said  in  his  aliidavit:  "1  em- 
barked at  Albany  for  West  I'oint,  where 
1  served  part  of  the  time  as  an  artillery- 
man at  the  eleven-Kun  battery  in  Fort 
Constitution,  and  was  discharged  De- 
cember 1,  by  Moses  K.  Van  Vranken, 
lieutenant,  and  Major  Van  linren  said  it 
was  for  nine  months.  Also,  early  in  the 
spring'  followiuK  1777,, 1  was  called  out  in 
the  service  of  the  State  of  New  York,  to 
the  northward,  under  (Jeneral  Schuyler, 
and  after  retreating  before  (ieneral  Bur- 
goyne  to  Fort  Fdward,  C.eneral  Schuy- 
ler i>roposed  to  the  ti'oop  whose  time  of 
.service  was  alxml  to  end,  that  all  those 
who  slnndd  enter  the  service  to  continiu! 
d)iring    the    eam)>aign,    should    be    made 


equal  in  compensation  with  th(^  Conti- 
nental troop  for  the  whole  time  of  ser- 
vice. Accordingly  I  volunteered  and 
iserved  until  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne, 
and  1  was  in  the  battle  of  Saratoga, 
and  was  at  the  storming  of  the  enrmy's 
breastworks  under  tieneral  Arnold,  be- 
sides performing  many  tours  of  service." 
The  property  of  Howard  was  worth  just 

ZEBIILON  MOFFBTT— 

The  service  of  /ebnlon  INloffet  was  in 
the  company  commanded  by  Capt.  Jo- 
seph Hinds,  in  Col.  .hunes  Heed's  regi- 
nn  nt,  New  Hampshire  lim",  for  one  year. 
'I'lie  total  property  of  Molfett  was  worth 
but  !|;i(;.i:{,  and  he  had  debts  of  Sp'trt.W, 
which  included  ij;4.ri()  for  a  collin.  Mof- 
fett  was  72  years  old  in  1S20,  and  his 
wife  (57. 
WILLIAM   MILES- 

The  veteran  William  Miles  of  Marcel- 
lus,  was  chief  gunner  in  Col.  John 
Crane's  regiment,  which  was  the  Third 
artillery  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  in 
Capt.  William  Treadwell's  comjiany,  and 
was  discharged  in  1781.  At  the  age  of 
C>^i  in  IS'JO,  he  had  no  landed  property, 
and  all  his  goods  were  worth  but  ^41.W, 
with  debts  (d"  .i;4().  Miles  had  three  child- 
ren, a  boy  of  21,  and  two  girls,  Ki  and 
14. 
EPHRAIM   MARBLE— 

In  the  company  of  Captain  Sloan,  in 
C(donel  Faterson's  regiment  of  Massa- 
chusetts troop,  Kphriam  Marble  served 
for  the  term  of  ten  months.  Then  he 
^  us  in  the  company  of  Captain  Ashley 
of  the  same  regiment  for  si.x  weeks.  His 
p'-'.pertj  was  worth  but  $(>1.15,  while  he 
had  debts  of  .t;4(i-75.  The  veteran  Mar- 
ble was  (58  years  old  in  1820,  and  his 
wife,  Hannah,  5(!.  His  daughter,  Rach- 
el, was  15,  and  his  son,  Jonas,  11. 
FREEMAN  NORTON- 

Freeman  Norton  was  a  mariner  on 
board  the  frigate  Warren  in  the  navy 
for  twelve  months  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  In  182(»  he  was  (H^l  years 
old,  and  offset  his  property  worth  $11.50 
with  debts  of  $21>.50.  He  had  a  wife 
and  five  children  dependent  on  him  for 
sui)port. 
DAVID   NORTHRUP- 

The       Revolutionary      soldier      David 
Norlhrnp   said    tliat   lie    lirst    enlisted    in 


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Ciiptain  Lewis'  compiuiy,  Colonel  Clnis- 
toplier  Greene's  regiment,  on  the  1st  of 
Janiuiry,  17S0,  and  served  in  that  eoni- 
pany  while  it  lay  at  Old  rrovidence, 
for  three  months,  in  the  hnsiness  of  ;i:et- 
tinj?  wood  for  the  reHimcnt.  Upon  the 
1st  of  April  he  was  transferred  to  Cap-  , 
tain  Dexter's  company  in  the'  same  reg- 
iment, for  the  pnrpose  of  hntcherins'  for 
the  regiment.  This  took  six  weeks,  and 
;hen  he  was  employed  as  a  haml  on 
hoard  Col.  Green's  boat,  and  (•ontin\u>d 
in  such  service  foi-  the  remaindei-  of  the 
year.  In  1S"_'<>  Xorthrni)  was  fi4  years 
old,  and  his  entire  property  consisted  uf 
a  pair  of  sjiectacles  worth  2.1  cents,  and 
a  i»en  knife  worth  .".7  1-2  cents.  His 
wife  was  r>(>  years  old. 
SAMITRL   ROUNDS— 

T'i.on  the  2:{d  of  May,  1825,  in  The 
court  of  Common  Pleas,  Sanund  Rounds 
sMid  thiit  he  was  (1.")  years  old.  In  the 
Uevidutionary  war  he  enlisted  for  one 
>('ar,  at  Boston,  undei-  Colonel  Brewer 
(d'  the  Massachn.setts  line,  and  at  the 
end  of  this  y(>ar  he  enlisted  for  three 
years  in  ('(dontd  Shep|innl's  re;;iment, 
Captain  Knapp's  compan\-.  'I'his  time 
was  served,  and  then  Bounds  enlisted 
ii.nain  .at  Reholioth,  in  the  same  comi)any, 
fill-  nine  monHis,  ;iud  aj^ain  enlistC'd  for 
one  year  in  ('aptaiu  Sea^rjive's  company, 
Cid.  .loseph  ^^>se's  rcKinu'nt.  'i^lu;  iii'st 
enlistment  of  this  Imni-tinu,'  soldier  was 
in  177(i,  and  his  last  discharge  was  at 
l'e(dvskill  in  17.S2,  fiom  (Jenei'al  Glover's 
l>ri>rade.  Koniuls  was  in  the  battles  of 
Saratosra  and  Monmouth,  .vas  wounded 
in  Rhode  Island,  was  at  the  East  Ches- 
ter li^dd  ami  at  the  h.-.ttle  of  AVhite 
I'lains.  His  schedule  showed  projierty 
worth   but   .$(;!. 1!).      Wilielt  and    Henry 

Ravnor.   the  On la«a   merchiints,  owed 

him  ^r,{\  to  be  i)aid  in  noods. 
SIMIOON    SKWIOLS— 

The  service  of  Simeon  Skeels  was  ',n 
Ciipt.  Nathaniel  Tuttle's  company  of 
C<d.  (Jharies  Webb's  regiment  of  tln> 
Connecticut  line.  His  pi-op(>rtv,  worMi 
..i;i'.>.Sl  iind  more  than  overbalanced  with 
debts  of  .^2."..  In  1S2<>,  Skeels  .said  he 
was  (II  years  old,  his  wife  .10,  and  )u> 
had  a  son  a^ed  B).  Skeels  was  a  farm- 
er upon  the  east  side  of  Skaneateles 
lake. 
DANIEL  SMITH— 

The      Revolntionnry      patriot,     Daniel 


Smith,  took  up  arms  for  the  cause  of  the 
colonies  early  in  the  war.  Bi  the  year 
177."»  he  served  seven  months  in  Captain 
Knowlton's  company,  in  Colonel  Put- 
nam's re^jciment.  Bi  the  year  1.77G,  in 
(;(»lonel  Durkee's  rofiiment  he  served 
for  one  yeai.  In  the  yeai-  1S20,  he  .irave 
his  a;,'e  as  (iii,  and  said  his  property  was 
worth  but  !flSl,  while  his  debts 
amounted  to  .I^ISH.  Smith  was  a  farnu'r. 
IBs  wife  was  then  (57  years  old. 
ISAAC   STAPLES- 

In  the  First  Massacliusetts  regiment, 
commanded  by  Colonel  Vose,  in  the  com- 
j.any  of  ('apt.  .loseph  Kellin's,  Isaac 
Staples  served  as  a  i»rivate.  He  was  a 
larmer,  .')(>  years  (dd  in  1820,  and  a  suf- 
ferer from  rhcnnuitism.  IBs  family  con- 
sisted of  his  wife,  Esther;  his  son  ^^'ar- 
i-en,  a^;(>d  ITi,  and  dau^dlter  Evaline,  aged 
1."..  Staples  was  alive  to  answer  to  the 
census  of  1S40,  and  lived  in  Skaneateles. 
WILDIAM  WEBBER— 

I'he  service  of  William  AVebbor  was  in 
Captain  I'rays  company,  of  the  First 
re^'iuu'ut  of  the  Massachusetts  line.  He 
enlisted  in  INIarch,  17S1,  .-lud  served  un- 
til .lune,  17S;>.  Webber's  entire  prop- 
erty in  1S2<»  consiste.l  of  a  Bible  worth 
.".0  cents,  and  a  psalm  book  worth  20 
cents.  But  he  liau  debts  of  .f:  !.■)..')(». 
Webber  was  a  common  laliorer,  and  his 
wife  .ami  son  lived  with  him  at  1h.it 
lime.  The  census  of  18-10  gives  W.di- 
bcr's  residences  at  Skaneateles,  and  his 
age  as  77  years. 
JOHN  WALSH— 

It  was  early  in  the  war  of  independ- 
ence that  .Iidin  Walsh  of  Skaneateles  en- 
listed and  his  service  was  until  peace 
was  di'clared.  In  177.J  he  enlisted  in 
(!ol.  Paul  Dudley  Boyrant's  regiment, 
he  said,  in  ("apt.  William  Scott's  com- 
pany, and  served  as  a  private  for  six 
months.  In  the  spring  of  1770  he  en- 
listeil  in  (.'(douel  Van  Schaick's  reginu'iit, 
Capt.  .lohn  Vader's  company  for  six 
months,  and  s(>rvcd  for  that  time  in  mak- 
ing roads  from  Albany  to  Baki;  Gemge. 
Then,  in  the  fall  of  1770.  hi'  enlisted  for 
during  the  war  in  Coloii(d  Van  Schaick's 
regiment,  in  Capt.  .lohn  (.'opp's  com- 
liany.  and  served  afterward  in  (Jai;t. 
Charles  Parson's  c(unpany,  initil  his  dis- 
(diarge  in  USll  A  i»art  of  this  time  the 
veteran  did  sergeant's  duty.  Walsh 
said   in   1821  that   he  was  81  years  old; 


ll 


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that  ho  had  absolutely  uo  proporty,  was 
liliiul  and  lived  on  tlie  charity  of  his 
frii-uds. 


Tlio  Kcvolutioiiai-y  suldit-i's  oi"  .Mar- 
oi'liiis  old  (own.  whose  rcurds  (h)  ii.d 
orciu-  in  the  court  reports,  and  whose 
names  have  l'oun<l  perpetuity  in  printed 
liistorii's,  census  re)i(»rts  and  on  nionu- 
nuMits  are  as  follows: — 
J  OH   BAR13ER- 

In  the  year  IS^O,  Ihe  v.deran  of  the 
lii>volu(ion,  .l(d>  Uarlier,  lived  witii  lOias- 
tns  Whiting',  in  the  town  of  .Marcellus, 
lie  was  si;  years  u{  a;;-e.  and  a  pensioner. 
JOHN  BEACH- 

In  the  west  end  <d"  Marcellus  (dd  town, 
which  was  then  Skaneateles,  lived  .lohn 
Keach  in  ISdO.  lie  was  7V,  years  .d'  a^;e, 
a  pensioner  of  the  Ue\nluli(Hi,  and  lie 
resided  with  SainU(d  1'.  Khoailes. 
LEJMUEL,  BARROWS- 

Acccu'din;,'  to  the  census  I'ectu-ds  ol 
1S-1(».  Lemuel  liarrows  was  a  vt-teran 
who  was  a  resident  <^f  .Maicellns.  At 
that  tinu'  hi'  was  TS  years  ol.l,  and   live.l 

with    E/,(d;i(d    liaker,  jr. 

JONATHAN   BAKER— 

The  veteran,  Jonathan  Uaker,  was  a 
resident  of  Marcellus  in  isdt).  lie  was 
then  78  years  of  aj;e,  and  had  his  fanuly 
!i\injj'    with    hiui. 

joseBii  bishop—. 

'rh(>      Hevolutionary      soldier,      Joseph 
Kaker,   lived    with    Ira    Bishop    in    IS4(). 
lie   was  SI  years  old. 
REUBEN    DORCHESTER- 

The  veter-vn,  Reuben  Dorchester,  was 
the  head  of  a  nuuierous  family  in  the 
town  of  Marcellu.s.  In  1S-1<»  he  had 
reached  thi'  a^o  of  DJ,  and  lived  witji 
lOliakini  Dorchester. 
JOHN  DAL.L1BA  — 

One  of  the  yotin.n-  men  of  the  Revol.i- 
ti(m,  but  old  nuMi  of  Marccdius  in  ISdtt, 
was  John  Dalliba.  Lallerlv  In;  lived 
with  Sauforl  Dalliba,  and  j^ave  his  a^.' 
to  tin.'  censustaker  as  To. 
CHAUNCV    GAYBOltD— 

According,'  to  the  census  of  ISlO  Chaun- 
cy  (lay lord  the  soldier  was  still  alive.    lie 
livetl    with   ^\saph    (Jaylord,   ami    was   S."! 
years   old. 
ROBEUT   McCllBr.OOK— 

The  soldier  Robert  IMcCnllocdv  of  Mar- 


cellus lived  to  be  more  than  00  years  .of 
age.  The  census  of  1S4()  gives  his  age 
as  70  yeai's,  an<l  his  residence  with  his 
family  in  that  town.  He  was  a  pen- 
sioner. 
JAREi:)  SMITH— 

Refore  the  year  1S(M)  the  soldier  t)f 
the  Revoluti(m,  Lieut.  Jared  Sndth  of 
Lanesboro,  Rerkshire  county,  Massachu- 
setts, settled  in  Marc(dlus.  Almost  with 
the  first  alai'Mi  at  Lexington  he  put  aside 
his  humble  farm  implennuits  for  the 
weapons  of  war.  lie  was  a  second  lieu- 
tenant in  \\'liitc(unb's  ^lassachusetts 
reginuMit  fi'om  May  to  December,  177;"); 
anil  a  second  lieutenant  in  the  Twelfth 
(,'ontineutal  infantry  from  the  Is^t  of 
.lannary,  177lt.  His  later  record  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolution  has  been  lost. 
JOHN   WILKINSON.   SR.— 

At  Ihe  age  of  17,  J(di!i  Wilkinson,  sr., 
cidered  the  ranks  of  the  Continental 
line.  He  was  captured  and  c(ml'ued  in 
the  notorious  Jersey  prison  shi|i  m  New 
York  harlior,  for  nine  numths.  Tiien  he 
was  e.\(dianged,  but  his  health  had  suf- 
fered materially.  In  h'(d.ruary,  1700, 
\Vilkins(m  hd't  his  home  in  Troy  and 
.•ame  to  Dnon<laga  county.  He  se1tle<| 
up(Mi  a  farm  a  mile  from  th.-  shore  of 
Skaneateles  lake,  wnere  he  died  three 
years  later.  ,Iohn  AA'ilkinson,  jr.,  was 
iiorn  at  Troy  in  17!)S. 
DAVID  AVELSH— 

The  V(derau  David  AV(dsh  canu-  to 
Skaneateles  friun  Fort  Ann,  Washington 
c..,uity,  in  17:iS,  and  settled  mi  U.t  7)5. 
He  was  :i  jirivaTe  in  the  Revolution,  and 
was  in  the  battle  of  I'.ennington,  where 
he  was  wouuded  in  the  shoulder.  He 
built  the  first  franu'  barn  in  the  town 
in    ISOO. 

CikinlllU8. 

In  this  record  of  the  Revolutionary 
soldiers  who  made  Ihe  old  town  ,d  Cn- 
ndllus  their  honm,  there  are  found  bu-- 
ty-three  uauu's.  The  old  town  of  Ca- 
millus  included  the  present  towns  of  K\- 
bri(he  and  \'an  Ruren,  and  so  the  rec 
ord  is  ihat  (d-  the  three  touiis.  Si)lemlid 
reco'ds  of  ser\ice  in  the  continental  line 
are  gixcn  many  of  tinse  residents,  nine- 
teen of  whtun  sought  aid  from  thi>  gov- 
ernment and  nnide  atlidavits  of  their 
service  in  court  between   1S20  iind  IStt). 


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Those  who  asked  aid   from  the  govt;ru- 
iiuiit  they  so  vuliautly  fcught  for,  uiulfi- 
the  act  of  1818,  were  as  follows:— 
JOHN    BRITTIN— 

At  the  ngo  of  04  iu  1820,  John  Brittin, 
who  livi'd  in  JMcuiphis,  niadi.'  allidavit 
that  he  cidihtod  with  11k>  coiiiiiany  of 
(laittain  Joiiatlian  ricrsun  on  .Inni;  1, 
1777,  for  three  years.  Ills  entire  i)roi)- 
erty  was  adjnd^ed  to  be  worth  $7;5.7r», 
while  he  had  debts  that  amount- 
ed to  $101.  He  said  that 
he  owned  fifty  acres  on  lot  ;^7,  Caniillus, 
fifteen  acres  of  which  was  under  ini- 
lirovenient,  with  only  an  old  log  lujuse 
on  it  that  was  tifteen  yiars  old.  An  in- 
ciilent  of  his  ownership  was  an  ejectnu'ut 
suit  against  the  [latriot,  and  he  consid- 
ered the  title  so  do\ibtfnl  as  not  to  be  of 
aiiy  value.  Anions  his  chattels  was  u 
cow  which  he  believed  to  be  worth  $15, 
a  rinj,'  for  an  ox  yoke  worth  fifty  cents 
and  andirons  which  he  could  soil  for 
$-J.  He  owed  Stephen  lirittin  $0();  IJet- 
sey  Anjrel,  $25;  (Jiddeon  Nottinf;hani, 
$12,  and  James  Hanson,  $4.  Brittin  was 
a  mason  by  trade,  but  only  able  to  work 
a  part  of  the  time.  Jle  had  no  wife 
living,  and  his  two  dauKhtors  were  aj;e.l 
15  and  12.  In  1840,  "John  C.  Brittin" 
was  alive  and  a  resident  of  the  part  of 
Camillus  that  had  been  taken  to  form 
Van  Buren.  lie  was  then  84  years  of 
af;e  and  lived  with  John  Conets.  Ilis 
death  occurred  on  the  2lst  of  July,  1842, 
and  he  is  buried  at  Ionia. 
RBUBBN   CLARK- 

The  pensioner  Ueuben  Clark  enlisted 
in  Capt.  Ball's  company,  Ccd.  Arnold's 
regiment,  Massachusetts  line,  in  the 
year  177(1,  and  served  for  one  year.  At 
the  tim(>  he  was  dischai'ged  Col.  Shep- 
I)ard  commanded  tlie  regiment,  (,'lark's 
total  property  was  valu(>d  at  $182.(1:5, 
and  his  liabilities  came  pretty  closi-  to 
his  assets.  They  were  placed  at  $1(;().;)(;. 
Included  in  the  |iatriot's  assets  was  a 
demiind  against  Henry  Seymour  of  Pom- 
pey  for  .$:{4.  Clark's  wife  was  54  years 
old  in  1820,  an<l  he  was  (!1.  Their  urand- 
child,  Julian  Clark,  lived  with  tliem. 
JOHN  CLARK— 

The  service  of  John  Clark  was  in  ("^ol. 
John  Lamb's  Second  regiment  l)f  artil- 
lery, in  Capt.  Thomas  Hotchkin.s*  coiu- 
pany.   He  had  i)ro)»erly  worth  iii  all  $17, 


and  lad  accumulated  debts  to  the 
amount  of  $;i8(j.47.  In  1820,  Clark  was 
()4  years  old,  his  wife  Ruth  50,  and  his  , 
children,  Richard  Fox,  and  May  and. 
llaiiual),  aged  15,  14  and  11  resuectively. 
Clark  was  alive  in  1840,  and  lived  with 
Joel    Chai)man. 

CIMITIS    CHAl-'PEL.L— 

Said  (Jurtis  Chaiipell  wdien  he  came  be- 
for<'  the  court  in  1820:  "I  enlisted  in 
1777  into  Catlin's  i-(>mi>any.  Col.  Meig's 
rt'giment,  Connecticut  line,  and  was 
transferred  t(j  the  command  of  Cain. 
Tinybe,  uniler  Col.  /ebulon  Butler, 
where  I  renniined  until  the  close  of  the 
*var."  Chapiiell  was  05  years  old  and 
had  ))roi)erty  worth  $(U.!)1.  He  owed 
$51. 40.  Chai)pell  was  a  farmer;  his  wife 
was  »;2  years  of  age,  and  there  was  one 
son,  Truman  Chaiipel!,  aged  18,  and  a 
daughter,    Lucinda,   aged    Ki. 

JAMES   DUNHAM— 

The  iiatriot  .fames  Dunham  was  02 
years  old  in  1820.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
carjienter,  with  i)roperty  worth  $21.;i4. 
He  eidisted  for  the  term  of  nine  months 
in  the  spring  of  tin-  year  1778.  at  Mor- 
ristown.  N.  J.,  in  the  comi»any  command- 
ed by  ('apt.  Meails,  in  the  regiment  of 
Col.  I)e  Heart,  New  Jersey  line.  Mary 
Dunham,  his  w'fe,  was  ;W  years  old, 
M  uy  Ann,  his  daughter,  12.  and  his 
sons,  .lanu's  W.,  Hiram  B.  and  William 
F.  Dunham,  aged  (»,  4  and  1  respectively. 
SHEREBIAH    EVANS— 

Reference  to  Sherebiah  Evans,  the 
Revolutionary  soldier,  is  found  in  the 
affidavit  of  Betsey  Evans,  his  wife.  He 
was  a  pensioner  under  the  act  of  1818,  'i 
and  tlii'd  on  the  8th  of  August,  1820. 
His  property  was  ad.tudged  to  be  worth 
.$!)2.7C).  Patriot  Evans'  family  c(msisted 
of  bis  wife,  aged  40,  three  sons  age<l 
10,  10  and  7,  and  a  daughter  aged  VA. 
Mr.  Evans  ran  the  first  null  at  Mar- 
<-ellus,  ami  he  is  buried  at  Warners. 
JOHN   INGALSBE—  i 

The  service  of  .fohn  Ingalsbe  waH  in 
Col.  Nixon's  reginu'iit,  Massa<;husetts 
Mm',  in  Capt.  Wheeler's  company,  and 
he  was  discharged  under  Capt.  'IMiomas 
Barnes.  He  was  a  Lexington  nnnute- 
inan.  The  <lebts  of  the  patriot  amounted 
to  $.58;).!>5,  and  his  proiu-rty  to  $02O.!i;5, 
whi<-h  inc'uded  fiis  e(iuity  in  a  lOO-acre  \ 
farm.     Mr.  Ingalslx"  was  07  yearn  of  ^u"" 


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in   1820,  and  lame  and  infirm.     He  had 
one   (l;iii;;lit(>i\   Olive,   iiKcd   S-l. 
lil'MII'.lON    KIUOKR— 

At  Ihc  H'^i'  ol'  (iO,  Willi  liis  liij)  out  of 
joint  and  not  aide  to  walk  without  a 
ciutfh,  Kcidx'u  Kidder  hobbled  into 
court  in  ISlJO,  to  say  that  all  his  property 
was  worth  .f7<>.10,  while  his  debts  were 
$1;").  He  was  a  cooiier  by  trade,  and  en- 
listed in  Haniel  Liverninre's  company, 
('(d.  Iieed's  re;;inient  of  infaidry.  New 
Hampshire  troop,  \vhei-e  he  Venniiiied  un- 
til the  close  of  the  war.  Afr.  Kidd.'r's 
wife  was  It;  years  old,  ami  his  children, 
Noah,  Deborah,  Lenuna  :iud  Kli. 
WILLIAM   LAKIN— 

The  pMtriot.  M'illiam  Lakin,  enlisted  in 
the  Second  New  Iliimpshire  rei;iment, 
sonudimc  in  April,  1777,  in  Ca])t.  CIols' 
comnany.  He  scr\cd  for  three  yeai's  in 
this  comp:iny,  and  \\;\s  discliar<;cii  in  I'xis- 
lon  in  17N<t.  Tiicn  he  I'niislcd  lor  the 
i-i-mainder  of  the  period  of  the  war  in 
the  First  N.'w  Hampshire  re;:imenl. 
('apt.  Scott's  company.  Mnd  continiu'd  to 
serve  until  the  !tth  of  November,  17S-J. 
when  he  was  disidnir^'ed  as  sin  invalid. 
Lakin  was  in  the  battle  at  Hubbert,  near 
Ticondcro-n,  ;md  at  the  battle  at  F.emis' 
llci-lits,  where  he  w;is  wounded  in  tlie 
body  ;ind  in  the  left  li;iml.  Lakin  made 
his  allidnvit  on  tlie  .'{Ist  of  AuRUst.  I.S-Jl. 
,111(1  he  uas  then  VA  years  old.  He  said 
that  he  was  unable  to  work  by  renson  of 
(he  wonmls  he  received  in  the  war  and 
iulirnnties;  his  ri^ht  hand  wns  disciised 
iind  his  left  one  in.jure.l  by  a  shot. 
L:iKin's  entire  propei'lv  was  only  worth 
$SI.:!!),    !ind    he    held    'with    .T.dm    T.;ikin 

land  "it  :f^-l-2  ].er  aeiv.  With"  him  liveil 
(lis  \vii:«'.  a.ued  .'.il,  iiml  her  d;i  lighter, 
l<:nii:i  Simmons,  Mjred  Ki.  Lnkin  died  on 
lh<"  -J.'Jd   of  February,   LS;',.-.,   in   his  7Sth 

A'I'CllJSON   MRLLTN— 

The  p;itiio(,  Atchison  M(dlin.  served 
for  three  years  from  .Tiilv,  177r.,  to  .Jnlv, 
177S.  He  s;iid  thiit  in  .Inly,  177.^),  he 
enlisted  to  serve  for  one  year,  nnless 
so.mer  disch:ir-e.l.  in  Col.  William 
Tlumu.son's  re-iment,  Capt.  Mathew 
Smith's  compMiiy,  Feiinsylvania  trooji. 
When  the  liisl  year  .-xpired,  INhdlin  en- 
listed to  serve  for  two  years  in  the  same 
re;;iinenl,      then      comiminded      by      Col. 


Howe,  in  Capt.  Michael  Simpson's  eoni- 
l)aiiy,  and  continued  to  serve  until  his 
tinu!  exiiired.  Mellin  was  72  years  old  in 
1.S20,  and"  his  i.roperly  was  valued  at 
$17.  'I'his  uududed  a  set  of  turning  tools 
worth  .$,■).  He  lived  with  his  ckildreii 
ami  had  no  fanuly  to  support. 
EBENLZER    MOSELEY— 

'J"he  Kevidutionary  soldier,  Ebene/.er 
Moseiey,  enlisted  in  Captain  Josejih 
'J'hompson's  comjiany,  C(d.  Nixon's  icki- 
ment,  Massachusetts  ti<M.]i,  in  \~1{\,  and 
rcm:iine<l  iinlil  duly  discharged.  The  old 
jialriol's  i»i-o|)city,  for  he  was  d-l  in 
IS20,  was  considered  worth  $l2t).():'..  This 
included  a  note;  of  I'eter  AV'arnei',  be- 
siiles  "seven  (dd  hens"  which  were  val- 
ued at  -U  cents.  The  debts  of  .Aloseley 
amounted  to  .^(j.'I.IjI).  He  was  a  shoe- 
maker by  trade,  and  inlirin  from  i-lieu- 
matism  and  old  a;,'e.  His  wife,  I'rii- 
deiice,  was  (i1  y(ars  old,  and  ti.ey  de- 
pended on  tlu'ir  s(/n  for  simuorl. 
UOIilOliT    PAIN— 

iiobert  I'ain  was  7;!  yejirs  of  a;;c  in 
1S2(».  He  enlisted  at  West  Point  in 
1780,  and  was  in  the  J-'ouith  Massacliu- 
setts  ri'giment 

NICUIOLAS  PICKARD— 

In  April,  177t;,  Nicholas  Pickard  en- 
listed in  Capt.  ]Mc]\ean's  company.  Col. 
Van  Schaic'k's  re,i,'"inent.  New  i'ork  line, 
and  served  six  months.  In  the  fall  of 
1777  he  eidisted  in  Capt.  John  Yini  An- 
^len's  company,  Col.  Ogden's  regiment, 
Nt'w  .Jersey  line,  for  three  years.  In 
177.S,  he  says  he  was  taken  out  of  his 
coriis  and  .><ent  to  Jersey  to  make  shoes 
for  the  army.  Next,  he  enlisted  in  the 
Jersey  line  of  troop  as  (Jeorge  An^Mislin. 
He  was  in  the  battles  at  Whitemarsh 
and  JNlonnnjuth,  and  in  the  skirmish  at 
Flizabethtown,  when  the  attack  was 
made  liy  the  P.ritish  under  Col.  Sterling. 
He  was  also  in  the  engagement  cd'  (Jen. 
liincoln  with  the  British  and  Indians  al 
(,'hemung.  I'ickard  was  (17  years  (dd  in 
1eS2t>.  He  possessed  25  acres  in  Ca- 
millus  worth  ^2<){),  but  believed  he  would 
lose  it.  'J'he  total  property  of  the  p;i- 
triot,  who  was  a  skin  dresser  and  glove 
ami  shoe  maker,  was  adjmlged  lo 
amonnt  lo  .$250.  His  wife,  Mary,  was 
then  r>r,  years  old. 
ST  Kin  I  EN    ROBINSON— 

'J'lie  service  of  the   KevoUitionary  sol- 


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t\,vr,   Slcpludi   Itohiiisdii,   was   in   the   in-  an    acre,    and     liis    inupcrly     foutctl     up 

fanlry    (••iminandcil    lirsL    \>y    l.icnU'nant  ^:;(;().S1    1--J.      \\':ifrnii:in    \\iis    a    lanmr 

.f s    I'\-iirli.',   iiiid   allci-wards   t>.v    Ia<'U-  and    sli.,.inaU(T,    and    aniMiiu    tlif    pcupl,. 

l.'ii;ihl    Spalding,  in   llic   i(  ^'inicul   of  (j.l.  lie    <p\vc..,    wci'c    ( 'Inirlul  Ic     Ware,     .loliii 

I'liilip    N'aii    Coillandl,    llic    Sccciid    New  Pal.li,    Olis    J',it,'.'l<.\v.    AU-xand.T    Kiiss.., 

Vuik.       U.-l.ius.Mi    was    :,7    vcais    (.1.1    in  Uiorkway  c^;:    lvind.ci-ly,   I-:ii.iali  and   Ilar- 

IS-JU;  Ii;mI  pnipcily  vahK'd  at  .ti.'J.'l.'JS.  and  nid     W'luli',    .Miles    W.     IScnnctl     i^v:    Co., 

a    \\ilL>   and    luur   iddldrcii.  \atliaiiicl  T.nnpkins,  dolin  xXui'lon,  Dav- 

FUl.KLOVK  UOinOUTS-  '''   ''''l'"'^'"!    and    Isaa.-   JOarll.      Tl,..    pcn- 

'I'hc    patiidt,    l''iccluv(.    llul.crts,    sw.n-c  smncr  s   wile   was  (id  y<-ai'S  old.      W'mI.i-- 

in  cnnrl    in    ISiK*,   llmi    he   was  (','.',   years  '"""  "'as  aiivu  in  INK),  at  tin-  a^e  of  S."). 

old,   and    enlisled    in    ("ol.    Slieldun's"  reui-  DI'.'NISON    WJIIODON— 

nienl,   Cenneetienl    line,  and   served    nntil  I'^.r     sonn-     reason,    Denison     Wlu'don 

Ihe  close  ..)■  the  war,  a  peiiod  of  six  years  I'onnd  IL  necssary  to  make  two  allidavits 

and  one  inoiiili.      11  is   wife  was  riO  years  of  his  service  in  the  Uevointion   in   JSJo. 

(d'  a.uc.     His  property,  whieii  inclndeil  ten  He  was  tlnai  iJo  years  old,  ami  said  that 

dollars  in  cash,  was  wortli  ^11.'!. '_'(),  and  he  lie  served  in  (,"a|)t.  Malaehi  Henry's  <-oni- 

ha.l  .$nt>  worth  of  dehls  to  offset   it.  pany,    Col.    David    Itrewer's    ie>;inien(    of 

JOHN    SCOTT-  infantr.v,    ^l.assaehnsHts    line  for    ei^ht 

The    sohlier,    J.d.n    Scott,     tiiird,    said  "HHiths  m  tin- ye.-.r  1  <  ,...     Inlndi 


liiat    he    eidisted    in    Caidain    Hincld<w' 


listed  and   served  for  one  yi'ar  in   (' 


eonip.-.ny,  Col.  Slu-rnnin-s  r«.Kiuu.nt,  Con-        Warhani  I'arU's  cnnpany,  Co).  Leanu'd's 

;nnent,    .Massachnsetts    line,    and    was 

the   sanu;   c.nnpanv   when    dis<-liarK<'d. 


neclicnt  line,  in  tlie  year  1777.  His  ser- 
vice was  f.>r  three  years.  Scott  was  ,"('.) 
yeais  old  in  lS-_'(»,  and  had  propertv  val- 
ncd  at  .l^.-Jti.Dli.  He  had  <.ne  stepson, 
Lewis  Scott,  a^ed  !),  and  :i  stei.da\i^'hter. 
His  wife  was  oL'  years  old. 
ELIJAH   WAUD- 


The  seconil  .allidavit  is  nn.i-e  specilic  in 
;.'ivin^'  the  lirst  enlistnu-nt  at  A\'estlield, 
ALiss.,  in  .May,  177.".,  an<l  the  s<-cond  at 
Koxl.ury,  Mass.  The  latter  .service  was 
eleven  months  in  dnr.ation,  ami  Whedon 
dischar^'ed   l.y   (Jen.   Clover  at   JO.ast 


At  the  a.i;e  of  (ll  in  \S20,  Eli.jah  Ward  Chester,  N.   Y.     Whedon  was  a   farn 

made    allnhivit    that    he    .served    in    Col.  and    had    i.n.p.rty    W(.rth    .^fl-j:!.:.:!.       He 

Tlaanas    Xixon's    re;,dment,    in    Cai.tain  h.ad  a   wife  and  one  son,  S:imnel. 

Hn;;h  Twokoo.I's  e(.mi.any,  afterwards  in  'Phe  list  of  ]J.>v<.lnt ionary   s..ldiers,  l.e- 

Caj.tain    Haywood's    company,    ami    was  sides  that  j;iveii  in  eonrt  allid.-ivits  is  .-in;;- 

diseharK-ed  in  Caiitain    Peter  Ch.is'   com-  niented  materially  l.y  the  ntimes  of  (hose 

pany.      He   had    no   landed   pr.iperty,   and  taken    from    t!ie    i.rinteil    records,    which 

all    his   pots,    tea-kidlles,    andin.ns,    tonj;s  i-,,ii,jw:— 

an,l   s,.  ..n   wcr.>  only   worth   .I^K;.."..-..      He  natHAN   LKTTS- 

was  nnal.le  t(.  work,  and  had  om-  dan^h-  One   of    the   .s..ldier    residents    of    Van 
ter,  Almira,  ajicd   Jo.  r>nren  was  Nath.an  ISetls.      His  name  is 
CALVIN  \VATJ!:ilA[AN—  "(.w  fonml  niM.n  the  nKuniinenl  at  I'.a li- 
lt was  on  the  ;.5lst  (.f  .^L^y,  1S27,  that  winsville. 
Calvi-n    Wat(>rnnin    told    of    his    Kevoln-  MILICS  BENNIOT— 

liomiry  service  in  conrt.     He  s.-iid  that  In;  The   censns   records   of   JS-|(t,   j,'ive  the 

enlisted  as  a  private  in   Captain   Itrews-  fact  of  the  Kevolntionary  s(.ldier,  Miles 

ter's  comi.any  of  infantry,  in  tin.'  fall  of  r>enm't  l.ein;;- a  lesideiit  of  (^'amillns.     Hi' 

177"),  for  (.ne  year,  and  .ioined   the  re;?i-  ;;ave  his  ane  as  74.      His   name  in  upon 

ment  comnninded  l.y  (.'ol.  .ledediah  Ilnnt-  the  P.aldwin,-ville  nnmnnuMit. 

in>;ton,  Conneeticiit  line.      He  servetl   nn-  HENFtV    BICCKr'ni— 

til  Anf,'ust  127,  177(1,  when   he   was  taken  As  a    s<.ldier  of  the  l{evolnti(.n,   TIenrv 

at   the  hattle  of  Lon-  Island,  l.y  th(>  r.rit-  Pecker    is    j;i\en    credit    npon    the    P.al.i- 

ish,  and  so  I'e ined  a   ).ris<.iier  nntil  the  wins\illc    soldiers'    ni(.iiument. 

spriiiK    "f    1777,    when     he    was    sent    to  JOHN    CUJNNINfiHAM  — 

A'ew  liondon,  (,'(.nn.,  and  exchanfe'ed  and  The   soldier,  .John     Cunningham,   was 

diseh;irf,'ed.      lie    had    twenty    acres    of  the  only  (.ne  out  of  the  ."M  s(.Idiers  of  Ihu 

Camillns  land,   worth   n.d   exeeedinjj  ijiir.  New    Yt.rk  line  drawing'  militarv  lots  in 


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tlio  presont  town  of  Vim  Ruren,  to  sot-  also    plnr-od    in    tlio    siinio    list    npon    tlu; 

(Ic  upon  Iiis  fliiiui.     ICvon  in  this  case  it  suldicis'    nicniorinl    at    Haldwinsvillc. 

.ppoa.-s  tlul    lu.   sol.l    his   litlo   ami   tlH.u  g^^juKL   GILBERT- 

ivpunliascl   It.      He   was  a   l.oiuhanlu-r,  i,j    tin-    l{cvoluti..iiar.Y    s.Tvicc    i-.M^onls 

ami   .licw    lot    :!S.      Ciini)iii;;liaiii    was    a  Samuel  (Jill.crt   is  placed,  and  liis  ikhuc 

s(ddicr  in  Cai'l-   -'^liK-l'in's  company  of  an  ,-^,1^      „|,.|,.,,      „,„,„-     ,1,^.      J',i,Id\vius-viilf 

artillery      re-im<'nt.      His   comitauy  took  ,ii,,iiunu'iit 

part  iu  tlie  expeilitiou  aj;ainst  tlie  Ouou-  ,^,„-,    ,,,M,.>i,n' 

'l.r^-As    iu    1i<!».      (  iiniini^liam      cam.'   to  -pi,,.    s(d.li.  r  .l.diu  I  lerri.-k  has  his    name 

V;,n  IMren  in  ISOS.  nnd  -lied  ahnut  1S20.  „„,^,,,,,,  ,„.|    ,,    .,    i.„v,.lnt  ioaary    veleran 

r.lON.IAMliV    tilOrrv-  upun  the  monument   :it    Ma  Id  winsville. 

The    r.aldwinsville   soldiers'    moniiment  'jmio.MAS    1  .\(i  lORSold.— 
eommenior.ilcs    Die      name   nf    I'.enjamiu  'I'he     Italdwinsville    memorial    likewise 

Depiiy   as   a    hero  of  Die   Itevolnt ion.  -ivrs  the  name(d'  Thomas   ln;;e|-soll  as  a 

JOHN    Dir.r.-  Kevoluliouary  patrhd. 

Ipon    the    l.reakinj;-  out    nf   the   l{ev(du-  SQUIRIO   MANRO— 
(iunary  war,  .lulin   Dill  eiilei-ed  what    was  The  Uevoluliona  ry  s.ddier,  S(piire  Man- 

IJuMi    I'ermed    1\h-    live   months'   servii'e   as  r...  and  he  sp^dled  his  name  with  an  "a," 

.,      volunteer     oideilv      scij^vant      in      the  loo.   came    from   New    ]Ou;,dand,    and    std- 

runipanv    (d'    ('apt      '.lohn     Craham,    ("id.  tied    near    the    phice    where    the    villa^'c 

I'auldinVs    rc^imenl,    und.r    (len.    Ah'.x-  of    lOllu'hU'e    now      stands.       .Mr.    IManro 

Muder   .M(d)(uruall,  and   was  in  one  ><(  tlie  k.'pt   the  lirst  tavern  in  the  place, 

hallles  in  the  vicinity  of  .New  York.      In  jqhn  j\rilARRIK- 

()cl(dier,   1777.  he  was  slatioiH'd  at    l''ori  .Fohu    McIIarrio    is    f,'iven    as   tho    first 

.Monluomery.  iu   that  porticni  called    l''ort  i.ermanent    settler    in    the    northern    part 

Clinton,     a"    sukiU    cre<'l<     separates    the  of  the   town  t>{  Van   liui-en.      He   was  a 

l\\(i.     .\t    this  tinu'  it   was   taken   hy   the  Kevolut i<Miary   vet(-ran   ami    nu)ve(l   with 

I'.iilisli,    and    the    liattle.   conlinueil    until  his   fandly  from  JNIaryhaml  t<i  Ihe  SeiU'ca 

|.,,,.  -It'  ni'dd  which  enahled  those  at  <-ounl  rv.  locatin.i;- his  cabin  on  l<d  7  about 
Fori  Clinton  I'o  esciipe.    I  )ill.  with  -ilhers,        I7'.l-J.      He   died    Noveud.er   :i(i,    1S(»7,   at 

swam  the  ci'eek.  imssin;;    mider  the   wall  the   aye   of   ft.",   years. 

of    I'ort     .Monl-omery.        He    afterwards  otT.L  MALLORY 

went    up     Ihe     .North      Kiv.'r     with     the  'I'he  census  of  ICrltt  uives  the  record  of 

Americans  in  pursuit  (d'  tlu'  r.rilish  lleia  Cij]  Miillory,  the  Kevoluliomiry  veteran, 
lo    l<;sopus,    now      Kin^sion.     which     the        H,.   w.-is   Ihen   S,"»  years    of   i\nr,   and    n'- 

l',i-ilish    burned.     After   the   stirrender   of  sided  with  .Joel  Miillory,   in  Kllirid;:*'. 

Rni-oym-   Dill   r(duiiied    to   the  army   as  rpjjf)j^f^g  MARVIN- 

,111   arlilicer.     He   was  a    member  of   the  'p],(.    lialdwinsvilli'    nionunient    re(?onls 

emnpanv    of    Capt.    .I.inies    Youn^'.    aj'ter-       ihi'  name  of  Thomas  ?darviu  as  a  Uevo- 
wards    commande.l    \>y    .lames    Sh.M'i'i'f'l.        lutionary    soldier. 
He    was  dis(har;;-ed    in    ^^"[^y-  ;','"'.  *""';    ''        STn:i"riI':N    PRATT- 

I,l;,,..>    on    Ihe    stall    ol    Col.    Christo]iher  ,p|„.      lJ,.v.,lutiomiry      sohlier.    Stoplien 

.Min^'.  and  was  Inter  in  (ien.  rickerin-:'s  p,.,,,^^  ,i^.^.,|  ;„  i,:ii„.i,ij,,>  \n  1S4().  He 
departnuMit.  Hill  died  at  Camillus  on  (i„.n  ira ve  his  ago  as  7!»,  and  resided  wit h 
,lH.  lilst  of  September.   IS-Ki.   in   the  SSth        ^,^,,^.     r,,i„^._ 

y,.ar  of   his  a^e.     His  nam..  wm>:  ;^ive>'  ''^  ;'        ^.j^;^  SCOFIELD-  ' 

pensioner  ol    the  .u-overnmeni    II    iiu    . .  n-  ^j|_,|^    Seolicdd's    n:\me    is    placed    ujion 

sus  .d-  IS-IO.  and  he  lived  with  Samuel  ^,^,^,  iH.noi'able  list  of  Kevolutiouary  .soj- 
I>ill.  diers   found*  upon  tlu'   I'.ahlwinsvillo  nie- 

niOORCli]    FR.WKR—  morial. 

-n,,.  n:,nH.  of  (ieor^M-   Fraver  has  been       j^^^^,^^  s.MITII- 
|, bleed    in    the   h.morable    list    ol    K(>vidu-  1  •n-haps  the  oldest  vet er.an  of  tlio  Rcv- 

tionarv  heroes  on  Ihe  r,;i ldwinsvilh>  ,,lu(ioii  in  the  county,  was  Houw  Snath 
monunu'ul.  of  Van  Jturen.     The  census  (d"  1S4()  gave 

THOMAS  FARRINGTON-  .  ''i«   •'"".;;<-  ^''^'t   ^'"'%"^ J *'•'•«  Mf,  ^''^" 

'i'he    name    .if    Thomas    Farriuston    is       lived   with  Augnstns  SuJitli.     Smith  sot- 


3^> 

tlod  on  lot  20,  niid  his  dentil  ocoiirnnl  in  csciik"   llic   ventre;! iico   of   liis   neij,'ld)ors. 

1,S41.  Hi'    one    day    wmt    into    tlic   lilncksnutli 

AUSTIN  SMITH-  ^''""   "'■  •'••''"•;  '':<'"^';?'   "^    Mi-'dius     nnd 

TIk"  nanio  of  Aiislin  Sinilli.  as  a  Kcvo-  <(Hniucnc.-d  ndaln-  his  cnicllics  aii.l  cx- 

hitionarv   hrro,  is    round    upon   llio   ISald-  I'loils  ai;aiust   the  Ainoricans  in  Ih.-Krv- 

u-insville  niouiuncnt.  -dut  ioua  ry    war.     'V\w  jiuljic,   tiuMi   at.  the 

.,oMN  TAPi.AN-  ;'.'-•;'  -;"'  ^'"'•^-.'■'  '-'"'•  •-;;■>';■.''  "- 

'i^ic  scrviff  uf  John  Tapp:!",  a  pionocr  ncniiy    lor  some  Tunc;   at.  icn-;ni   nis  pa- 

of   \-an  liuivn.  was  in  Now  .]oi-s(>y  ti'.x.p  '"'"''■    '"canio    cxliaustcd    and    h.'   snx.,.,! 

dm-iufi- tho  Uovolntion.     IIo  canic'  to  Van  ■'    '"■■'^V    ''•'■•  <'f'  ""i'   ••""!   •-^""'l^  ="    '"'" 

llinvn  in  IT'JC,  ami  settled  west  of  I.niia,  ^^il''    ''i'^   I'""  stn-n-lli.     iMU-tunat.dy,   Iho 

'I'appan  waslHH-n  in  Now  .loisey  in   17.-,(;.  lon-r    uf    the    Mow    was    anvst...!    I.y    lln- 

and   <lio,i    on    Xovond.rr  liLl,    ISIS.  iicn  si  lakin^-  a    l.oani()vcrnoiid,  a_nd    1' 

lONOt'H    AVOOD— 

Tiu-    ((Misus   <d'    IS-IO    ^ivfs    the    rcco.'d 
„f  lOnorh  Wood  ,d'  ("anullus,  as  a   liovo-  ,•     ,     ■     ,  .,•,.,       ,• 

luliona.v   soldier.        lie    tluM,    lived    with         Y'"'^    "^  l'^"/;  1""-   '"   ''"I"     '"■   'I's^tnu'e. 
Ids    fannlv    in    that    town.  \ni     tU.    ..-a  lant    n.eonls    ol     ihuse    who 

Iciii-lit    111    tile    eoloiiial    line    is    more    iii- 

'I'll.'      Kev.dutionary      soldier.      .Iose|ih  ■  (',„nninn    IMeas     Hies,.    ,.s- 

While,    came   to   Camilliis    in    l.SO^,    fn,n.  I"'    '""it    ol       .mimnn    I  I.  ,is,    IImm     «x 

West    Sprin.^licld,    .Mass..    ami    ixni^dit    a         "■'"''''   '" ''    '"'"'''•   " 
farm  just  north  of  tJic  hrid-c  oNcr  Nine        JoHN   CAI^UWIOLL— 

.Mile  cicdc  at  Aml.oy.     While  was  a  snr-  j,    ^^..,^    .,    ,.,.,.„r,l    „( -siiflVrin-    and    im- 

veyor.   and    died   in    \K',(K   a-vd    Si    years.        p,-isonm<Mit    that    Vel(#n    .lohn    ("aldwell 
<;|.;()ltf;iO  ^'.^(JCJNI'^n—  <d'   ('i<<'ni   swore  to  on   llic  i;<llh   of   .M.iy, 

The    name    of    (icorm'    Wagoner,    as    a         ,,s-_'7.      II,.  ,.|ilisted  in  .May,   ITTSorlTTH. 
s.d,li,>r  of  th,'  Itcvoinlhm.  is   foiiml   iiiM.n        ,•,„.   ,,•,,„.    nnmlhs,   at   ('..dcraiii,    Mass.,    in 

th,-    r.ahlwinsvilh-   nioiiiiim'ni.  ii,,.    ,.,, .,,,_,.    ,,|'     (-.,,, (aiii     Kcilh.     rc^^i- 

"7"  _ meiit    <d'    Colonel    .lacks,»n,    and    (umcial 

.lacksfui.  and  CJeneral  Larned's  hrif^.-iilc 
,.f  th.!  Massachusetts  line.  Cahlwell 
served  until  March,  177'.),  or  ]7.S(t,-iio 
was  not  positive  as  to  the  year.  lie  was 
,lis,liar;;cil  from  service  at  West  roint, 
N.  v.,  ami  was  emidoyed  in  (luartermas- 
ler's  service,  under  IMuey  Hay,  esq., 
most  of  the  time  of  this  siuvice.  In  the 
Septemher  following;-  this  discharp', 
il,lw,ll    a}.'ain    to,.k    up    arms    for    the 


si.-inllv  h'fl  111,'  sin...  i:,,lh  ,d- 
r,u-y"  JMisler's  ,.ars  had  h,'.'ii  .reppd 
f   iM.f.n-,"   In-   came   1,.   th,'   t,.wn.  and    h,' 


The  ohl  tow  n  of  Ticero  in  LS-JO.  im-lnd- 
e,l  the  iir,'s,'iit  town  (d'  ("lay,  whi(di 
was  s,'t  off  in  1S-J7.  S(um"  niiu' 
Kevidutionary  sid,li,'rs  arc  found 
to  have  made  tlu'ir  resi.h'iice  in 
the  ,d,l  town,  hut  ,uie  ,)f  wlmm.  Can- 
lain  .lohn  Sh.'pherd,  s.dth',!  upon  th,'  hit 
which  w.-is  ,lrawii  for  his  s.'rviccs  at  the 
till!,'  ,.f  til,'  iieril  ,d'  1h,'  ,'ol"ni,'s.  AiienI 
the     r,M',,r,ls     .if     U.'V.il 


there  is  ,111,'  of  a    i.'si.Ient   ,.f  th,'  .■asle;;ii        struj;>;linK   colony,      lie  eidiste.l    in    C 
1  art    of   th.'    tow  11    whi.di    .an    h.inllv    h.'       '"'"     Adiel    Sherwood'a    company,     Liv- 
p'la.-e.'l    in    the    list    of    nalri.'.ts.     'tIic' r.'.-        nif^ston's       rej;iment.     New     York     troo).. 


,1   is  that  of  "T.iry"  F.ist.'r,  as  he  w; 


ami   was  stationed  at  h'ort  Ann.      Aft 


ill.'.l.      "lie    is    said    to    have  ii    m.mth's   sei\ice   he    was   taken    prison-    , 

fr.'.im'iiliy    ho.ist.'.l    of    his    .■rn.'lli.'s    t.,-  or   with    (he   others   of  th,'   ^-arrison,   ami 

wai.ls   his  .•ouiitrvim'U   .lurin-   th,>   Kevo-  s.'ul   lo  M.inlival,  when'  h,'  was  deiaiii.',! 

lutionary   war.     11.'   was  un.Ur   Sir  .l..]in  "iilil  Novemlier,   IT.SL',  when  he  w.as  s.-.il 

.|,.hiis,.n   ami    Brant  at   th.'   Cherry    Val-  nuiml    I.y    water    to    Hoslon      ami      e\- 

h'y  ami  Wy.miin-  massa.-r.'s.  ami  in  th.'ir  .•liaiij;e,l.      Cahlwell  .s.aid  that  lie  w:is  in 

numer..us  "incursions    into    the    Moliawk  actual   servi.-e  nmler  his   tirst  enlistment 

conntry.     In   Clark's   reliitions   it  is  sai.l  nine   nuuitlis,   and   tinder   his   secoii.l,    in- 

th.-it  iieople  became  so  exasperated  with  clit.lin^' his  iinprisonment,  more  th.-iu  two 

hlin.  on  aeeount  of  his  iM.astin^'s,  that  h,'  y.'ars.      The   pensioner   was  (!7  years   of 

hail    fr.',|ueutly    t.i    11. 'e    ami    hi.le    in    the  a;,','    in    1S-J7,   and   his   pr.iperty   consisted 

woods    for    several    ilavs    at    a     tini.',    lo  of    f.uir    .a. 'res    in    Oxfor.l    county,    Ohio, 


ii 


woitli  ?40,  "also  ono  common  hoo  nnd 
^iiirden  hoe,  valued  at  nine  shillings." 
('iildwcll  was  a  f:inner,  \\illiont  I'limily, 
iind  for  two  ycnrs  hiid  liccii  liviii;,'  will) 
Klicn  T.  Dennis  of  Cieci.). 

HJONIiY   UIOSHROW— 

Hlion  the  liC.th  of  F<'l)niiiry,  IS-Jl, 
Ilciirv  Dcshiunv  sni.l  li.'  \v;is  (IT  years 
nld.  lie  (Miiist.Ml  in  tlic  spi-in-  n{  1777 
ill  Ihc  coiniiniiy  ol'  Caplaiii  ("hapmaii.  in 
Cohmrl  Swill's  rc;:iiiiciil,  ('(.iiiicclicul 
iin.-.  He  was  in  tiu-  haltics  of  .Moii- 
ni..nth  and  ( iciiua  iilowii,  and  was  dis- 
ihar^rd  ill  New  .Iciscy  in  17SO.  'I'hr 
Idlal  iiiupcrty  of  Dcsiin.w,  wlii<-h  seemed 
lo  he  ill  nules  r..i-  small  aiiKmnls,  was 
adjud^^ed  to  he  worlii  .flw.Sl.  lie  nwned 
a  mile  auaiiist  (hTslmm  'riily  l(n-  lilty 
salt  hanvls,  fur  ^I'J.r.d.  and  ludes  a;;a  iiist 
lOlish.i  riei-ce,  Xatliaii  Allen,  ,l.,nalliaii 
I'ieiv,-,  Aluses  i'ieice  and  KlHus  I'lilie. 
lie  hinis.dr  .iW.'d  Smilh  Deshlnw  ^:<<\ 
His  family  eoiisisled  .d'  his  wile  aued 
:.(»,  and  (wo  ehildren,  I'ully  at^ed  l.".,  an, I 
Clarissa,    a^e.l    7. 

ISRAEL  HOOKER- 

Tln-  servh-e  of  Israel  Honker  was  in 
.laeuh  Head's  c.mipany,  in  Cnh.iiel  .lames 
Keid's  ie-imen(,  r..r  Hie  vear  177C..  and 
lie  was  dniy  .lis<'liar;;vd.  While  the 
|ini|"'ity  <d'  li.xdcer,  who  was  iVl  years 
old  in  1S2<.>,  was  valned  al  .t;71.;)S,  lie  had 
dehls    that    amonnted    to    -t^lOiK     He    had 

the   ocenpation    of   ei-hlee Tes   of    land 

din-iiif,-  his  natnral  life;  <d'  this  hnt  f.inr 
acres  was  under  impriivemenl  while  the 
remainder  was  in  a  slali'  of  nalnii'. 
Hooker  said  that  he  was  a  common  la- 
horer,  --hn(  niiahle  to  lahor  as  h<'  had 
iMit  one  eye  and  one  arm."  His  wife, 
Mary  C.  Hooker;  was  C.;'.  years  old,  ami 
his  son,    Israel,  was  LT). 

Er.lJAM  LOOMIS- 

The  pensioner,  lOlijah  Ijoouiis,  went  be- 
fore the  court  on  the  lOth  of  Septemher, 
IS.'IO,  am!  ^ave  a  descri|ition  (d'  Ids  prop- 
erly. He  said  that  he  had  a  lease  for 
his  natnral  life  of  '1~>  a<'res  in  the  town 
of  (Mcero.  All  Ids  projierty  was  worth 
.-j^MCfi;!,  and  included  an  old  clock  and 
quite  a  nundier  of  kettles.  Looniis  was 
the  lirst  settler  at  South  liny,  on  the 
lake  sliore,  in  1804.  The  Kevolutioimry 
s(ddier  and  Ids  wife,  after  having'  liv.nl 
to;;idher  04  years,  were  alive  and  re- 
sided on  the  same  property  upou  whieii 


they  settled  at  the  time  J.  V.  H.  Clark 
wrote  his  "Onondaga"  in  ISdT.     lie  wa.s 
then   St)    years   of    a;;e. 
.]()][N  SHJOPHIORD— 

Captain  .hdin  Shepherd  rf  Shepherd's 
Point,  Oneida  lake,  went  hel;)re1he  ("onrt 
on  Kehrnary  -JTtli,  LSL'l,  to  make  Hie 
alliilavit  which  should  nive  him  a  pen- 
sion for  his  services.  He  was  then  (14 
years  of  a.ge,  and  s.aid  that  he  (Milisted 
in  the  sprin:,'  of  1777,  in  the  coinpanv  ol 
Capt.  .lames  Vonnj<,  Col.  Udney  Hay's 
r(-;;imeiit,  in  the  tinartermastm-  general's 
deparlnieiil.  Sii.'pherd  was  in  liu'  hal- 
tle  of  Stony  Toint.  'Die  same  eom- 
pan.y  was  in  177!>  annexed  to  Ihild- 
win's  re^:iinent,  and  Shepherd  received 
a  conuni.ssioii  from  the  J^)ard  of  War 
to  commami  the  comi)any.  The  eonnnis- 
sion,  Slieidi.'id  .s;iid,  he  sent  to  Alhany 
in  ISOJ,  in  onlcr  to  draw  Ids  h(mnty 
land  and  it  was  never  relnrneil.  Cai.taiii 
Sheph.Td  i(dt  the  army  hy  leave  of  Colo- 
nel r.aldwin.  on  acc.mnt  of  ill-health,  in 
Hie  fall  of  17S1,  and  never  .after  did  duty 
ill  Hie  army.  At  the  (iim;^-  his  appli- 
cation, Capt.ain  Sheidierd  flfiiil  that  he 
had  no  realty,  wliile  his  iiersomil  ])ro]i- 
eily  was  worth  hut  .I^CCiXi.  Tliis  includ- 
'■<l  ;i  dehf  (d-  ."t;i7  that  S.annnd  Hemen- 
way  oweil  him,  while  he  owed  Dr.  Cor- 
don iVeedham  .flC.  His  wife  was  CO 
yi'ars  .dd.  A.'cordin-  to  .1.  \'.  H.  Clark, 
Captain  Shephcro  was  the  only  man  in 
the  town  (d"  Cicero  wlio  occupied  a  lot 
for  which  he  served.  He  drew  lot  No. 
11,  and  with  his  fannly  lived  u|ion  it 
until    his   death    in    ISl'-l. 

A a    the    rec(u-ds    of    Revolutionary 

natiiols    not    found    in    the   court    entries. 

who   lMdoii.ir,.d  to  the  (dd   town   of  Ci.-ero 

and  the  new  l<,wn  .d'  Clay,  were  the  f.d- 

lowin.u:-- 

SAMin':T.   RRAGDJON— 

Accoidiii.i:  to  the  census  of  IS-K),  Sam- 
uel  l!r.i;;den  lived  with  Thomas   I'.ra-d.'ii 
in  ,the   town  .d'  Clay,  and    was  7S  vear>^ 
of  a-e. 
JOHN   L^'NN— 

At    the  ;i-e  of  SS  years,   in   ISlO,   .I.din 
Lynn,    Hie   pensioner,   was  a    resident    of 
the   town    of   Clay.     He   w.ts  <pne  (d'   tin- 
ea rly   settlers  (d'   the   town. 
PATltTCJv   McGRE— 

'i'he  patriot  Patrick  McCee  is  general- 
ly accredited  with  I.eiiiK  the  lirst  white 
s(dtler    within    the   teriitory    whicli    now 


3^ 


liol()ii«:s  to  the  town  of  Cliiy,  wliich  wns  served   tliore   in   a    conipniiy   coinninndcd 

tlu'ii.  17!K!.  wltliiii  llic  town  of  Tvysandcr.  by  (';i|)(iiiii  Hrytint,  in  liii-  sci-vicc  of  llic 

Tlic  ciri-iiiiistMiiccs   iind.M-   wliicli    McOcc  rnilcd    Sl.-ilcs,    nntii    tlic    exi.iriitioii    of 

(irst    siiw    'nircc-ltiv.'r    roiiit.    wlicre    li.'  Iiis    t.Tiii    of    tlirec    y(>;irs.     lie    wont    1<. 

;iftcrw;ii'(ls    set  lied,    .ire    pciiiliarly    intci-  \\'cst     I'diiil,    jiud    w;is    llicrc    discdiiirKod 

cstiiif;,    not    to   say    roiiiaiitic     I(    was    in  liy    ('a|daiii    .lolnis.m.    who    ha.d    l.oion^'cd 

ITSO.   and    Mcticc   was  a    inisonor  in   the  to   tlir   same   ic^iiiicnt    in    tlic   New    Ydidc 

liands  u{  riio  Hritisli,  mi  Ids  way  to  Imo'I  line,     r.id'.oc  lie  ivccivc  ,  liis  pension,  De- 

()swr-o  and  Canada.     'I'lieiv  was  an  e.\-  lonu  said   lir  was  n.d    worlii  .-flO,  and   liis 

trnsive  clearinj;' at  t  his  point,  liandsonndv  properlv,   wld.ii   in  v.^ntoiii'd  -l^l  i:',.(i(».  was 

hiid  in  i:iass.  without  a  shrnh  or  tree  for  l.ou-!il    witli   pension   nnno'v.     Ilis   fanniy 

s.onetldnfi-  lik(>  a    ndh'  or  more  ah)n.u-  tlie  tluMi   e.msisted  .d'   ids  wife,   a;ced    Id,  and 

l.anlxs   of  earii    river.     'I'lion    it    w.ms   tliat  four  (ddhlreii. 

McOee    vowed    that    if    lio    ever    ohtained  LOAM    NIOAKINO- 

1ns  lilierty  he  wonhl  .settle  on  tliat  Lean-  <^^  ,1,,.  ;,^'e  -d'  c:',,  in  IS-Jtl,  l.oiini  Xeiir- 
tifni  spot.  lie  fullilled  Ids  vow  l>y  set-  i,,..  ,,.|||,,,  |,,  ,.,,nit  to  ask  for  ii  pension, 
tlinj;  at  Three-Iti ver  Point  in  IT'.i:;.  II,.  |  ,7.  ..ulisted  in  .Inn.',  ITTC,  in  tin-  re^'i- 
ere.-ted  tin'  first  fr.ame  honse  in  tlie  town  ,,„,,,,  ,,|-  (',,|,„ud  lluntim;lon  in  the  Con- 
in  ISttS  <,r  ISO'.t.  'j'wo  ye.irs  j.revions  to  ,„,,,,„.„,  n,,,..  .\e,-,rinu-  was  in  the  lial- 
17!)::.  he  came  to  i:rewert..n.  ,!.■  ,.n  Lonj;  Island,  in  wld(h  his  reui- 
.IAM15S  SMITM-  ment    was    n.-arly    .all    eiit    off.     .\e.aiin- 

.lames   Smith   is   ^iven    in    the   war   ree-  had    |.roperty     woilh    .I^IT.til,    and    dehts 

ords   at    \V;islnn;:ton   as   a    soldier  uf   the  that    ajuonnled    to  .yj .-..'.);!.      He    was    then 

Kev<dntion.     lie   w.as  ;i    |iensioner  of   the  snppoi'ted    liy    his    son. 

liovernmeut,    and    was    alive    in    IS-Kl.    al  WILIJ  \At  .lOllNSON,    SR.— 

Ilu-    a;;.,    of    SO    years.     At    th.at    time    he  i,,      ,i„.     ,.,„npanv     of     C.apt.      Willi;. m 

lived    with    Le.m.ird   Snuth  in  Clay.  Kinu',    rcKiment    of   Colonel    NN'.ard    of   tln- 

Mass.a.dinsells     I  loop.     William    .lolins.m 

Kyciiinior.  seiwed  in  I  hi'    1  te\  olul  iona  i\'   war.  and   he 

Twelve   of   the    hero.'s    of    Die    K..v.dn-  \v;i'^   ill    "i^il    e,,nipany    when   diseliavKed. 

tion   added    to   the  life  (d'  the  ,.arlv  town  1"  l^i-'*  •"•  ^vas  CI  y.'.ars  old  ami  his  wife 

of   Lvsander.     It    w.is  on.'  .d'  the  orit;inal  i'l'd    two    .hil.lren..    T.elsey    and    .lenney, 

eleven   towns  of  the  eoniity.  and    hoasled  I'-'-'l   1-  ■ni'l  •'^-  'ived   with   him.     In    \XU). 

of  .s,  veral   soldiers  of  the  .\ew   V<mU  line,  -lohnson   ;;.ive  his  a^-e  as  SS.  and   said    he 

who  settled   np.m   their  lots.     Itnl   thirty-        ".as   a    pension. ^r  ..f    tli.'   ;;-..v.'rn nt. 

lliii-e  <d'   the  ori;;inal    lots   were   taken    t..  

f.irm   th.'  t.)wn  .d'  ll.inidhal   when  ( )swe-  Other     re.-..rds     iH-sides     tho.s.-    of     the 

;;..  .■..nuty   was  ere.-leil,  an. I   that    redm'es  court  ;^ive  the  f.dlowinj,'  resi.l.ait   Uev.dn- 

llie     list    of     Uev.dnli.mary     s.d.li.'rs    he-  ti.imiry    sohliers   <.f    l.ysamier:— 

ion^MM^'    t.i    this    t..\\ii,    ,as    this    r.'.-oi.l    is  Wll^I.T.XM    ]'"<)ST10Tl  — 

fornn'd    ..nly    .)f    t  h.' -s.d.li.'is    wilhin    the  Aee.ir.liu;:    i..    the    census   of    1S4(),    the 

lir.'s.ud    liudts  ..f  ( »uon.la-a   c.)unly.    The  Kev.dnt  i.mary    pensi.m.'r    Williiim    I''osler 

I'c.'.ir.ls    .if    three    s.ilili.M-s    f.iiiml    in    the  was  a   ivsi.h'ut   .d"  th.'  t.iwii  .if   hys.and.'r. 

court      r.p..rls     of     (hi.m.hi^'a     ar.-     lirst  At    thai    linn-    h.-    was  S.S    y.airs   ol.l    and 

Kiv.ai:  liv.l    with    I  r.a    P'osli^r.                                       , 

,lii.s|';iMI    DIOLONC.—  S'l'IIdOS    |.' It  I';  I':  .MAN— 

Wh.li      th.'      v.deran.     .I..seph      I>el..ny:.  Th..     census     of     ISIO     ^ives     the     resi- 

cani(-    into   .-onrt    .m    the    Isl    .if    S.'j.tem-  deuce    .d"    Stiles    J'^riM-man    ,is    I.ysnnder. 

her,   1S-_'I>.   h.'   sai.l    he   was   .V.)    vears   .il.l.  His    rc.'.inl    ,as    a     !:.-v.ilnl  i.ma  rv    s.d.li.M' 

II.'    s.ai.l    .'tis.!    that     Ih'    enlist. '.J    in    C.ip-  is    c..mm.'ni.irate.l    .m    th,.    Ha l.iwinsvill.. 

lain       Swarlh.mfs       .•,inip;iny,       C.iliin..l  m.muimnt. 

l.amli's     r,'-im..ut.     in     I7SJ,      for      three  ISK.\  !■;!.  1 1( )()}«:  I'lU— 

y<'ars.     H.'shhs  s.'rvin>:  in  I  hat   company.  Th.>       veteran       Isniel       llo.iker       had 

he  was  in   th.'  .-.imp.iny  of  Captain   Hliss  reached   th."  a^e  of  .S2  in   ISKt.     He  was 

nnlil  the  clos,.  of  the  war.     Then  he  was  a    pensioner    and    his    family    liveti    witli 

or.lere.l     on    to    Sprin;;li.'l.l,    Mass.,    and  him. 


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JAOOi;  NOUTIiaOP-  hy    his   soldier  coiiini.lcs   "CiiUl.iiKi'hon.l" 

The  iicusioiicr  of  (lie  Ucvolutioii.  .Iii<-iii.  Moore.     Allcr   tlie    1{. •volution    lu'   iiiovimI 

Nortlirop,     livnl     in     liysMiuii'i-.    and     his  to  Salina.  and   uiimi   tlic  visit   of  ({rncrai 

name   is   now    fonud    upon   llic    Baldwins-  Lalayrltr   i.nslird    forward    to   ask:     ••l)o 

villo     nionniMinl.         His     record     is     also  y,,n   know   nn-.   ( Jenei'a  I V"     "Know   ymiV" 

I'oimd     ill     the     pension      departnient      ai  was  t  lie  a  iiswer,  "how  could  1  wvei- "ior^'et 

\Vashi!i.-(oii.     His  p..|ision  was  drawn   in  old    ( 'a  l.haKehead  V"        Harhor    I'.ro.d;    in 

ISIO  |,y  Alii;;ail  .\..rllirop,  who  was  tiicn  lli.^  old  town  of  Saii'-i   is  asso<-iated  with 

NN   years  of  aiiv.  many     Kevolnl  ioiia  ry    reminiscences.     Sir 

.loNA'I'llAN    rAI.MlOU—  ■'"''!'    .lohnson    in    177!l,    uilli    his   'l'(n'ies 

'I'he  lirsl   selller  williin  the  present  liin-  ^n"'    Indian  allies,  made  an  inciirsicm  into 

its   of   the    (oun   (d-   Lysander,   .J(niathan  ""■     M<'l'.'wk     valley.        The    expediti.m 

I'alnier,  was  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  the  ^^■'■"'    ''■"""   ■N'ii'-'iini   alon;,'    hake  Ontario 

KeV(dntion,      He    was    in    the   New    York  t"  < '-^wcj;-'  ;iiid  Iheiiee  to.<  )nonda^'a   lake, 

line,   and   divw   lot   :;(;.      Jiniathan  served  ''''"'  '•■="•"'  discovery  if  their  l.oats  were 

in    the    war   with    his  six    Inolhers.      I'al-  '''",""   ""'  '"''''  ^'""■^'  "'*'-^'  ''•'"   ll"'"'."!* 

lirnshes  and    hrakes.       A   partv    \\as  sent 

^■:};,'""-'^'',"''^  v'^f  "-'v.. ,  <■'■"•"  '■'<"•'  ^'■i'"^i'"- '"  '''••'"•">'  """'■  '"'< 

lhes.d,ln.r,    .N.illianiel    I'alnn.r,    uasa  ,,i,i     m.t     sneceed     in    ascerlaini.m    where 


tiny     were    concealed,     and.    .luring-     the 
seir.-h,    they    were    surprised    and    taken 

piis MS    to    ('.anada.         I'atrick    .MctJe.. 

•s.      It    is    said 


liter  of  Jonathan.  He  was  also  in  th 
New.  York  line,  and,  while  slaticnied  , 
the  Hudson  duriiii;  tlii'  Kevohilion,  ;i 
sisleil     ill    drawiiiu    a     chain    acr.iss    th 

river    to    iiilereepi     (he    pro;;ress    (d"     the        that    from     this    iiici.lent     Harlior    ISrook 
•'li'-ish.  took    its    name.     In    lh<.   .-ourt    reix.rls   of 

SIJDIJAL  I'UI'ISTON-  Onond.iva,     there    are     hut    two     Uevolii- 

Shuhal   Treston  was  a   pensioner  (d    the       lionaiy   soldier   rec.u'ds   found,     'j'hey  are 
IJ.-volniionarv  waf.     He  had  ivached  the       "''    NN'iHiain    Conner   and    Albert    V 
ai4V  of  N:J   when  the  census  n{   1N^( 
taken,  and  lived  with  Shul.al  rreston,  jr.        WILLIAM    CONNIOII- 

In   INL'O  William  Conin-r  of  the  town  of 
Salina.    inaile     allidavit     that    he    was   C.-J 


Shuhal  rreston,  jr. 
NATllANIIOL  ROOT— 


years  .d  a^'e:  that  he  enlisted 
I  he  spriiii:  (d-  177.-..  in  the  r.r 
Colonel    Win    Corllandt,    and    joined    th 


The    pensi(Mier    (d     the    Ke\olulion,    .\a 

Ihaiiicl  KooL  Kave  his  a;,^'  as  7;:  in  LNIO.  ,  i,..   ^..rin.r   ,  c    i  —     •      <i  •         ,      ,• 

He  lived  with  his   family   in   the   town      -  ""     ■^"""-    "'    '"■'•    '"    "'"    '•"^'"""•d    ol 

•''^■^=""'"''='^   "'="    ''""••  army    at    Valley    For^e.     H..    was    in    the 

JOHN    SLAHSON-  hatlle  of  Monmouth,  and  was  dls.'liarued 

•  lohn   Slaus a   veteran  .d'  the  war  of  in    lister  (oniilv    about    the    Isl    of    h'eb- 

•7»;,    said    to    the    census    t.aker    of     INK)  riiai>,    177i>.     lOxcepI   his  <-lolhiji-,  his  en- 

that.    he    was    7<>    .Years    old,    .-ind    resided  tire  pid|ierty  consisted  of  a   pair  t,(  spee- 

with  liis  own  family  in   Lysaiuler.  lades,  which  he  valued  at  ."»<»  cents,  and 

a     t.di.icco    box     of    like    v.aliie.     At     tli.at 

>'i""=^-  1im(>  he  was   very   much   dis.ibled   by  a^,'e 

There  .-ire  m.-iny  incidents  cd'  the  Revo-  and    inlirmilies. 

Iiilion   reputed   to  the  old  town  of  S.ilina,  ALLJOUT  VAN  DIO  WICIiKlOli- 
wlii.h     was    erected     in     LSI)".).     Nine    S(d-  .\   lienlenanfs  commissi. m   was  lield   bv 

dieis   (d'   tlie   continental    lim-  are    known  .Mbcrt    Van  de  Worker  in  the  war  of  the 

to    lia\c    been    actual    resiileids    of    this  Itevolntioii.     H  is  service  w;is  in  t  he  New 

town    and    their    names    are    here    j;iven.  York    line,    in    Cm'm-lius    I).    Wynkoop's 

is    dilliciilt     In    locale    has    also    been    re-  oiml    Cortland,   and    he    was   a    lieutenant 

lated.      It     occurred     during     Lafay<-tle"s  in    C.iiU.iin    Kobert    McK.'an's   .■ompany. 

visit    to    Syracuse    in    IN-J.-,.        Under    liiiii  At    the  a^'e  of  7:.,    in    INL'O.    when    he   a|.- 

there    had    serveil   during'   the   Ui-voluti.m  peaicd     in     court,    Lieiiteiiaiit      \',in     di 

a    priv.ite    named    Moure,   who.    from    the  Werker  said  that  he  |.ossessed  no  lainle.l 

size    of    his    head,    had    been    nickniinu'<J  property,    iind    that    his    total    iiersuna. 


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pi-uiMTfy  :ini(. Hilled  (o  l>iit  $L'<).(;-_>.  Van  for  Cdrlhiiid  county.  So,  at  tliis  late 
di'  Wci-Ucr's  coinpaiiy  was  discIiar;;(Ml  day,  Iml  twelve  veterans  of  llio  stru;;^!*' 
at  .loiiiislowu  ill  the  latter  pari  of  the  for  rreedoiii  have  heeii  foimd  wlio  iiiado 
.v<':ii-    177U.  Ilu-ii-    residence    williin    the   limits   of    the 

preseiil     town.     Those     whose     allidavils 


The     names     of     Itevidnlioi 


Ihe     recor.ls     of     the     Court     of 


loun.l  in  i.riuted  histories  aiv  as  follows:  ConniH.n    I'leas   of   IS-JO  and   later  dales, 

UIONNISON  AVERV—  are   lirst  -iveii. 

One  of  the  oldest  residents  u(  the  town  JONATHAN   BROOKS— 
of   Salina    in    1S40   was   a    soldier  of   the  When   .loiiathan    HrooUs    ai.jx'iireil    he- 

lJevolnli(.M.     lie  was  the  peiisi r,  l>eii-  fm'c    the    <-onrt    in    iSliO    to    make    slale- 

iiisoii  A\cry,  and  was  !)(l  years  of  a^'e.  meiit    as   to   his   eondilion   in   life,   he  said 

\'1NI';   ('i)V—  III'   \vas  .'(;  years  old.      'lis  Si'r\ice  in   Ihe 

At    the   aw   of   74,    in    INKl,    N'iiie    Coy  ^^'="'  ''•"'  <-"iiiiiieiiced  in  Captain  llondin's 

was  a   pensioner  for  services  in  tlie  Uev-  ' •n'.^'.    <'"'■    I'ntnam's    I'Mfth    Massa- 

oliition.     He  lived  with  \N'i!liam  Kaii^er.  'husetis  regiment.     He  ciilisled  in   17S1. 
SIOI-XKT-  Afterwards  he   was  in   Capt.   Mills'  eom- 

Wheii    Tv     II     Clark    referre.l    lo   Ihe  "■"'•''    '"'    ""'    ''''"'•^^    .Massachns..tts    re-i- 

„|,|    i„iiii-,rv    r.n.l     cm     Ihio h    C. s  ""'"'•     """'''''    '  "'•     ^ '"'''■     "'^     |>n.|.erly 

hv  M   inilv  of  -OO  sen!    frc-m    I'mi    S.-huv  ^'''^    adjiid-ed    to    lie    w<n-lh    J(<(.(..(1.    and 

|p\     .1      I.  IP  I  .\     oi    _i  n »   sen  I     11(1111    1    III  I     >^cnil  \  -  1 1 I     I  •  .     .1.1  i  .     ..1     u:"  I         i  i 

I,,,,   I,.     ( ',.,,,..••, I    <u\]i^ I"-!!      I,,,.-,  '"     I*''""'    '"■'<   debts    at    !t.(-l.     lie    was    a 

I,        ,.    :  ,  I        1  i'     V  f.iniior.    and    had   liviii;;   with    him   three 

iimi.iii     caiiipai.mi,     iie     oidlimil     lur-  ,|.,  i|,,|,(.,,.c     .i,,,!     -i     ^,,ii        \llr>,.,l      I'i-,i,,lv 

ward   Hie  pniofef  several    Kevoln.ionary  ll^^T^V  ^nld^i  ^hu;    ii,;'" '  If ''hil''     i:! 

sohhersol      he    lacl.      and    particularly   a  _^,  ^, ,.,,,,  ,„    ,,     „        .,„,    ._,      ^^.^    .,ai„liler; 

.Mr.       lo.art,    late    of     Sa  hna.    who    was  ,veie    IJelsey.   (Jemima   and    Knni.e.      His 

""""'""■  "•"^""'""""-  wife.    Mary    Ann,.,    was    then    .T.    v.'ars 

SOLOMON    JlUN'ri.lOV--  ,,|-   ;,;;(•. 

Ill      IS-IO     the      Uevidiiliniiary      soldier,  U  K.^RTWI'M.!.    15ARNI0S- 
Solomon    Huntley,    was   still   alive  at    the  The   s.'ivi.^e  of    H.-artwell    Uariies    was 

a.nv  of   SC.     He    was   a    iMMisioner.  in    the   .■ompaiiy    of    Captain    .liidd,    re;,'i- 

LIOVN'IS    SWlOlOTlNt;-  ii'f'il    of    <'"'•    Samuel     Wyllys,    (Jeiier.il 

The    pension     records    (d'     ISIO      show  I'iirson's    hriKade,    Connecticut   line.     He 

Lewis  Sweclin;,'  of  Salina  a    iiensioiier  (d'  ^^''^    ''"'■^'    'li>^<lKirH:<Ml    at   the   end    of   the 

the    Kevoliitioii.     He   was    (hen  SS   vears  ^^""■-     "'^  •''-*'  ^^=i^  ^''V<-n  as  72  in  1S2(». 

ulij.  '  His  schedule   of  property,   wlii<di   Kfive  a 

O.NLV'IN  TRIIT-  '"'••'!  "'■  •^•'-••••*'  ^^•••'•^  i"<-n;stin«  as  show- 

The   iM.iish.ner     C-ilviii    'I'riim     wis   -.n  "'^'   '"'"'""   '"'"  -'■"\\"'«  <''''"    ^\•as   worth 

er oM  K-'vidi'iiim;;,';",.' ;,;:::;;  ■  msI;;:  f-  •'!;!"••';;;■•  '-;'"••  "":"'"•  "■•-••"  ';-• 

He     lived     uilh      |.'lil-,t,     'I'lini,     1,,     '^.illn.i  i "'"  k  11 1 1  e,    a  lid    I  olir   (•elll  s   I  n    money .      His 

•  MM  I      W.l.s     .^_     ^\  (  il  I  N     <  Hi  I.  I  ■,    ■    I       1  I  I    I  J  1 

JoSl.:i'H   WILSON-  ,l.i\    ill    seven."    He    was    hard    (d'   lie-iri'n'L' 
111     LS-IO     Joseph     Wilson      lived    with  and    snl.jecl    to  .rainps,   ..on vnlsions   and 
Jonas  .Mann.     He  was  a  pensioner  of  the  liis  oe.-asioned   l.y   fati^'iie  in  the  Kevoln- 
Kevdiitioii  and  SI   years  of  a.ire.  (inii.     His    wife    was    r,',    years    of    a-.^, 
"      ,  and  she  was  also  siiliject   to  cramiis  and 
'  to  rheiim.itism.     It    is  safe  to  .sa  v   he   re- 
settlement of  Ihe  town  of  h'ahiiis  was  ,.,.ived  the  pension.     Itarnes  liad  one  son, 
not  until  a    much   later  iieiiod   th.-iii  (li.it  lOlias    .lellcrsoii     I'.arnes,    aj^ed     1!>,    and 
.d-    I'oiiipey    and    .Manlins.     While    many  ..m-  dau^diter,   Lydia   Clark   Hariies,  a^'cd 
Kevidutioiiary   S(ddiers  f.nk    ii|.  an    early  17~all    depmidiiif,'    upon    (he    charity    of 
ri'sideiice   in    this   (own,   .livisioii    and    re-  (he     son     f..r     support.       The    pensioner 
ilivisioii     ascrihes     their     names     at     this  owed    ^'20. 
dale    (o    .dher    territory.         In     IS(i:!    the  j,,i,N  CAmviOLT^ 

(own  of  Tiilly  was  formed   from   h^ihius,  The   p<-nsiou   paper.s    of   John    Ciidwell 

and   in    ISOS  a   larj;e   porli.ui   was    lakeii  nro  not  willi   (hose  of  the  (dlior  Kevulu- 


4^ 

tionary  soldiers,  but  there  is  an  iiftidavit  willow's    first    husband,    died    in    posses- 
sworn  to   the  day  after  his  death.      Thr  sioii   of   lOS  m-ivh,   which   her  son,   Abel, 
athdavit  is  that  of  Denison  Beldiuf?  iiiid  Jr.,    worked    on   sliiiit's.      In    iNllU,    Clark 
Olive  lidding.      It  states  that  Ullvc  was  li;;u)iil   his  total   property   as   worlJi   !^l'.», 
the  daiiKhtei-  iind  Denison  the  son-ill-  Insv  witli   ilebts   of   ^4<M).      J{y    18'Jo   the   pen- 
of  ddlin   Cadwell,    who   was  a    iieiisiuiicr  sluMfr's  a.ssets  had   shrunk   to  ;54.;57  1-2. 
Milder   the   law    id'    Congress   of   .liuinnry  Amnii),'  those  he  o\ve<l   were  Aiirou   ]?eii- 
7,    \S;V2,   and   thtit  he  died  on  the  ."id  ul  edict,    Daniel     ilills    an  .'      Seymour      ix. 
.March,  18;U,  at  his  home  in  Fabins,  and  .Marsh.      He  had   one  son,    i>ewis  Clark, 
that  the  deponents   were  present  at   tlie  uhu   w:is   then    "jmt  out  to  ;i    trade." 
time.      The    alUdavit    K"es    on    to    .st;.te  i^NrKL  CONNi-Jlt- 
Ihat    the   pensioner  let t    a    widow    resnl-  ..,„  j,„^      .^,,.  . 
m,'  inh..  town,     Annar     Cadwell    .Ked  ...,..„.„„.    ^^,    j,,,i„j,to.„"     Daniel    (.'onm-r 
.1,    with    whom    the   deeea.s<.d    lived   ami  .,^,.,,,.,,    ,.,^    ^^j^    ^,,^„^,,^    .^^    .^ 
brought  .,p  a  lannlyot  children,     t.eor.v  ,„„„„„„,..,,      ,,,,      ^yiUiam      KiuK,      ..nl 

..tit    tc.ok      lu.    deposition    and    both    the  ^,.,.^.,„,    „„^    ^,,,,^    ^j,,,^.        ,,,,,^.^,    ^^^ 

b.isband^and  wite  signe.l  tlu'ir  n es  ns  ,.,,,5^,,.,,    j.^^,,   ^,,^.   ^,^,^^^^  company,    which 

'''*'"'*'''•  \\;is   ill   Colonel    Wood's   ref,'iinent  in   the 

WILLIAM  CLARK—  .\l:i>.s,iclinsetts    line.      This    six    mouths' 

The   service   of    William    Chirk    In    the  service,    however,    was    in    Colonel    l'\'l- 

war  for  independence  was  exteuih-d  and  lews"   rcfrinient  in  the  same  line,  a.nd  he 

included        iH-tnal         work         in         many  served    <iiit    the    full   j)erioil    of   his  enlist- 

historic       l)attles.       AVhen       lie  made  iiieiit.      .Vlter   that    time    had    e.\pired    he 

his       first       applicatinu     in       182(1       he  ajraiii  enlisted,   this  time  for  three  years 

said   he   was  5!)  years  of  a.ire.      The   ree-  in    Caidain    AVarreii's    comiiaiiy.    Colonel 

ords   show    that   on   the   L'5th   of   \ovem-  Haiiey"?;  Second  Massachusetts  re.uimeiit, 

ber,     ISlV;,     he    n;,'ain     went     before    tli.>  and  be  served  out   the  full  iieri.id  of  that 

"oiirt  with   an  aii[ilicatifMi   to   be  resdncd  enlistnient.  Then  Cniiiier  enlisted  for  and 

to   the  peiisi.m  list.      Clark  enlisted   ni»en  dining'    the    war    in    Captain    Bradford's 

the    1st    .if    May,    1777.    in    the    town    of  ■-..iiipany,      <'.il.Hie]      Siinnit's      re;i:iment, 

WeathersKeld,    Conn.,    in   a   comiiany   of  .Massaciius.tts   lin.'.  s.'ivin;.'  out  the  full 

drauoons    comiminiled    by    Captain    Tall-  period,   iieint;-  .iiscliaiKe.l   at    tin;  dose  of 

iiiadKf.    in    the    regiment    of    (kil.    lOlisli.i  'In-    war    at    New    Windsor,    in    .Tniie    or 

Sliel.loii,    Connecticut    line.      Clark    sai.l  -'iily.   17.s;!.    Il.'r..-  was  a  conaihde   reeord 

that    he    continued    in    that    corps    until  "d'   K.-v<dulionary  service  from  ihe  nifcht 

•June   or   July,    1782,    when    he    was    .lis-  >d"    Paul    Revere's    historic    ride    to    tli.' 

charged  in  Danbury,  Conn.     T>uring  his  '•l<'^«'  of   the  strufrgle.      In    1820,  Conner 

service   of    live    years    and    two    months.  ^ii"'!   '»'   was  »j7  years   .)ld.  ami   that   all 

Clark  was  in  the  battle  at  White  I'laiiis  the  property  he  owned  in  tin-  world   was 

and  at  K.mn.l  Itid^-e.  and  was  witli  T.ili-  -"'1.^'  worth  .f.'C.  His  o.-cnpation  was  thai 

inad)j;e  on  an  expe.lltioii  t.i  the  east   I'lid  "''  "  l.-ibor.M-,  and  he  sai.l  that  takin;:  on 


.►f    liOiiK    Island.       In    un.ither    allidi 


day  with  aii.dher  he  was  only  able  to  ib 


Clark  .said   that   he  was  in   W.-bb's  com-        •'' <   »    '"ilf  ;i   dny's   work  on    th..  aver- 

pany    when    di.scharK.'.l,    same    re^ini.'nl.  •'-'''•      •l''^    w''"^'    \vas    f.t;    years    old,    ami 

To  show  that  the  lievolutlonarv   s.d.li.T  '"'  •'="'  <'i'"''i'  <lau^rht.'rs,  ag.-.l  21,  14  an. I 

was    of    heroic    mold,     he    swears     tliat  '-•     I  lis  list  of  .lomesdc  utensils  showed 

••three  years  aj;o  this  fall  (IS'JO),  I  mar-  ""'■^'  •'ri"'>fil'  t-"P«.     san<-.-r.s,  chairs,  etc., 

ried  Widow  Clufr  who  ha.l  six  children."  f'"'  I'"'  '•'"iHy.     There  was  no  in-ovision 

'I'll..   a>:es   of   th.'   chil.lreii.    the   allidavit  """'''  '"""  "fompany." 

sai.l,    ran    from    11     lo    2t;.    but,    happil.\.  N.VTHAN  C'.0(>t:)ALK— 

the  two  ol.l.'sl    were  married  .df.     In   th.'  At  th.'  a;:.'  ..f   1(i,   Nathan   <;.iodal.'  en- 

seconil   allidavit   tin-   nam.'  of   Ihe   wid.>u  list.'d    .in    the    1st   of   January,    1777,    in 

is   spelle.I    Clon;,di,    an. I    ber   given    name  Captain  Ivob.Tt  Oliver's  comiiany,  Third 

was  Esther.     At  that  time,  1S"2.">,  she  was  .Massachn.-.etts  reKiin.-nl,  cmimanded  by 

08  years  of  aj^'e,  an.l  her  dau^ditor,  Sally.  Colonel  (Jreaton.     The  company  was  af- 

then  live.l  with  them.     Ab.-l  Clou;;h,  the  terwar.ls   .•ommand.'d    by    (\ipiain   Thos, 


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Pi-itolianl.  Coodiilo  scivcmI  in  that  <;om- 
I)ai)y  until  Juno,  17S:t.  As  to  liis  lUMp- 
erty,  CJoodale  said  in  l.S2(),  tliat  lie  liad 

00  acres  upon  lot  11,  in  J''at)ius,  which 
he  considered  worth  !i;ir>0,  and  a  jukc 
of  tluHH'-yoar-old  steers  worth  ^2'.).  The 
total  value  of  his  property  Ik?  plact-d  at 
.$212.2.").  Anionj,'  the  numerous  ones 
that  Uoodale  was  indehtcd  to  were  ^Vill- 
iani  Gooilale,  .Tames  Sanford,  Francis 
Miner,  .John  Miller,  Kli.jali  Miles.  Itacon 
A:  Wilson.  Noah  (^oodricli,  and  Uodncy 
Starkweather.  .lahe/,  Mor-an  owed 
(Joodale,  hut  he  didn't  seem  to  have 
much  faith  in  his  liein.;;  )iaid.  Condah- 
was  a  fnrnuM',  hut  by  reason  of  an  injury 
from  a  fall  of  a  tree  1h>  was  nnalde  to 
labor.  With  him  in  1S2(>.  lived  his  wife, 
;!S:ed  41;  his  mother,  lOunice  (loodale. 
aj,'ed  S:{;  one  son,  Henry,  a^red  i:*..  and 
two  dan;,'hters.  Sarah  and  .luiia,  a;i-cd 
!)  and  4. 

JOHN    IVES— 

In  the  year  1777,  John  Ivi.'s  enlisted  in 
Oaiitain  Strong's  company,  in  Col.  Urad- 
ley's  rejiiment  in  the  Connecticut  line. 
Tie  continued  in  this  service  during  thir- 
teen   months  and   six   days,  and   he    was 

1  hen  liansferred  into  Ceneral  Washing- 
ton's life  guard,  under  the  command  of 
(."'■apt.  (V)lfax,  and  continued  in  the  serv- 
ice three  years.  He  was  discharged  at 
^forristown,  N.  J.  The  amount  of  Ives' 
property  was  .$14.37  1-2  and  his  debts 
footed  up  ,1!4.,S7  1-2.  Among  his  posses- 
sions was  a  liroken  fire  pail  kettle  which 
lie  t'onsidered  worth  a  dollar.  lie  said 
(hat  in  ISKi  he  bar.gaine.l  for  eight  acres 
ef  land  and  paid  .$S0  of  the  purchase 
money.  I'.ut  in  1820  the  man  from 
whom  he  ))urchased  tlie  land  be<'.MnH' 
involved  and  went  to  Ohio  without  giv- 
ing him  a  deed  or  security  of  any  de- 
scription. His  age  in  1S20  he  sai<l  was 
■"iS.  anri  his  wife  was  ,17  years  (dd. 

'Die    oilier    Ue  volul  iona  i  y    residents    of 
h'abius    ai-e    found     in     tlu'      records     at 
Washingteii. 
RUPUS  CARTIOR— 

At  the  age  of   7.'.    Kufus    Carter   was 
alive  at  the   time   of   the   taking   o{   the 
census  in   1S40.      His   family   lived    with 
him  on  his  farm. 
El-KNE'/ER  FOOT— 

The  pensioner,  lObenezer  h'oot.  was  S7 


years    of    age,    according    to    ih.>    census 
of   lS4(t.      At   that    time    he     lived     with 
Th.unas  .1.    ]?eden. 
AMIsnoSlO   GRON— 

Accoi-ding  to  the  census,  .\miirose  (Jron 
was  s;!  years  of  age  in  1S4(>.  He  live<l 
upon  a  proiierty  with  his  family  at  tlnit 

DANIEL  HIL,LS- 

The  pensioner,  Daniid  Hills,  must  hav.> 
been  (iiiite  young  when  he  enlisted  in  (he 
war  of  the  Kcv.dntion.  His  age  in  1S1(» 
\s-.is   but  7S. 

MANLMCr.   TRUATU- 

The  .Mneeslor  of  the  'I'ruairs  of  Fa- 
bins,  Manuel  Truair,  a  veteran  of  the 
war  of  the  Kevcduiioii  and  a  lUMisioner, 
was  alive  in  ISIO  and  resi.!..,!  with 
.biliii  Truair. 

lullj. 

The  Kevnjutionary  soldiers  who  made 
the  town  of  'I'nlly  their  home,  \\ere. 
with  few  exceptions,  veterans  who  had 
eidistcd  fi'om  Xew  Kngliind  and  came 
liere  after  the  granting  of  the  military 
tiact  t(i  the  s(ddiers  of  New  York,  and 
its  subsecpn-nt  sale  to  land  sharks.  Tin- 
records  of  hut  six  of  these  Kevolution- 
ary  settlers  are  to  be  found  to-day. 

JAMES  FULLER—  .. 

Upon  the  23d  of  May,  1825,  when  the 
veter;in  .lames  Fuller  lirst  appeared  in 
court  to  api)ly  for  a  pension,  he  gave  his 
resilience  as  (Hisco,  but  he  later  made 
his  home  in  Tidly  and  was  a  resident 
<if  that  town  iit  the  time  of  his  second 
application,  March  1,  1S31.  There  are 
some  dis<'re|)ancies  betwi-en  the  war 
records  which  Ii'uller  swoic  to  in  his 
alhdavits.  In  1825  he  said  that  he  en- 
listed in  17S1,  at  Barriugton.  .Mass.. 
under  Captain  .Tohu  Nash,  and  juim-d 
the  Sixth  Massachusetts  regiment,  re- 
cruited at  West  Toint  in  the  summer 
of  that  year.  He  enlisted  for  three 
years  and  served  until  January,  17S1, 
when  he  was  diseluirged  at  West  I'oinl, 
under  Ceneral  Knox.  His  service  was 
principally  iu  New  York,  and  for  some- 
time in  New  Jersey.  The  record  of 
1831  says  that  Fuller  erdisted  f(.r 
tiiree.  years,  iu  the  town  of  (Jreat  I'.ar- 
ringlon.  Berkshire  county,  Mass.,  in 
.\pril,     17S(>,    in    the     company     of     one 


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J''r(is1;,  ri'Kimoiit  of  one  Coloiu'l  Siiiitli,  of 
tin.'  i\[iissiicliusut(s  line.  Fuller  tluni  snid 
fliiit  he  joined  the  iirniy  in  .Iniie,  17S<», 
and  was  discharged  in  .January,  ITS.'i,  on 
<he  lli;,'hlan(ls  opposite  West  Point.  The 
reason  for  two  allidavits  uiis  very  sim- 
ple, although  the  discroi)an(;ies  in  records 
an-  not  so  easily  solvable.  Fuller  had 
lieen  lielieved  to  Ik.'  too  wealthy.  In 
ISij.")  he  iihiced  a  value  iiiinii  his  propeily 
of  .s;i)r>.Sl.  Mr.  Fuller  lived  with  his 
sou.  and  had  two  dauj^litors  living  with 
liini,  Hannah,  aged  2ii,  and  Mary,  a;:c.l 
IS.  In  IS.'il,  the  veteran  said  thut  his 
jiersonal  property  amounted  to  just 
.$i;!.42  1-2.  lu  1S25  he  had  sold  his 
farm  upon  lot  G,  to  Olive  .Tones,  foi- 
•S."i<M»,  in  order  to  support  himstdf.  His 
family  then  consisted  of  himself  and 
wife,  and  thej'  had  heen  supported  since 
lSii.">  by  their  sous.  In  ISlTi  h'uller  j^uve 
ids  aire  as  Ci,'?,  and  in  1S;>1  as  C.T. 
OlilVER  HYDE— 

Upon  the  2-Jd  of  November,  1822.  at 
the  age  of  (!7,  Oliver  Hyde  went  before 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  to  ask  as- 
sistance from  tlie  government  and  give 
a  record  of  brave  service.  In  the 
spring  of  1777,  at  Lebanon,  Conn.,  lie 
enlisted  for  three  years  in  Captain 
F'rigliam's  company,  in  Colonel  Put- 
u.im's  ri'giment,  Connecticut  line.  Tin; 
vetvM-an  served  out  his  time,  ami  was 
disidi.'irged  while  in  New  Jersey.  He 
was  at  the  battles  of  Cermantown  and 
,Mud  Island  Fort,  and  in  the  battle  of 
.Monmouth  and  at  the  taking  of  Stony 
Point.  His  jiroperty,  which  included  a 
"yearling  bull  that  liad  had  his  feet 
fiozen  off,"  was  adjudged  to  be  W(u-th 
$47,  while  his  debts  amounted  to  $;50tt. 
His  wife  and  daughter,  lioth  ill,  m.-ide 
up  his  entire  family. 
JEIjEDIAH    WINCHELLr- 

'rhe  service  of  Jedediah  Winchell  was 
for. two  years.  He  enlisted  in  the  com- 
pany of  Noah  Allen,  Colonel  Wiggels- 
worth's  regiment,  in  1777.  After  two 
years,  Winchell  employed  Benjamin  Cole 
to  sui)ply  his  place.  Winchell's  property 
was  valued  at  $20.97,  tlie  bed  and  bed- 
ding being  worth  half  that  anmunt.  His 
wife  ri'sided  with  him,  and  neitlier  was 
able  to  work. 
HENRY    WHITE— 

In   Isaac   Warren's   company,   Bailey's 


regiment  and  Lnrned's  brigade  of  Massn- 
chiisetts  troop,  Henry  ^Vhite  enlisted 
and  was  discharged  after  completing  his 
service.  Upon  the  1st  of  September, 
1S2(>,  be  sai<l  in  court.before  .ludge.Wat- 
tles  tliat  he  was  G7  years  old.  His  prop- 
erty was  valued  at  ^'.id.SO,  with  debts  of 
.$4!>  no.  The  entire  list  of  his '  "effects" 
is  interesting:  One  cow,  ."512..'")0;  11 
sheep,  .till.iH);  1  wooden  pail,  ?1.89;  iron 
kettle,  P;  1  small  kettle,  $.37;  U  earthen- 
ware plates,  15.4O;  (>  knives  and  forks, 
^:2r,;  1  table,  ipi.W;  2  pails,  $.50;  2  bowls, 
$1;  '6  wooden  bowls,  $.75;  2  hogs,  $4; 
1  frying  pan,  $.75,  and  4  chairs",  $..50. 
White  was  indebted  to  Baker  &  Brooks 
in  the  sum  of  $21;  G.  Van  Heusen,  jr., 
$10;  L.  and  S.  King.  $12.50,  and  Pelig 
P.alicock,  $().  In  closing.  White  said: 
"I  have  a  wife  aged  G4  years  who  is  an 
invalid,  and  a  son  aged  21  years,  who  is 
incapable  of  maintaining  himself,  both 
depending  on  me  for  suiiport.  I  am  not 
able  to  do  a  day's  work  and  am  a  farm- 
er  by   iirofessiou." 


The  records  taken  from  other  sources 
than  court  entries  are  as  follows:— 

ENOCH    DAILY— 

According  to  the  census  of  the  govern- 
nu'iit  made  in  1810,  Enoch  Baily  of  'I'lil- 
ly  was  still  alive  and  a  pensioner  of  the 
Bevolution. 
MICHAEL  CHRISTIAN— 

It  was  after  the  veteran  of  the  Kevolu- 
tioii,  Michael  Christian,  that  i)retty 
Christian  Hollow  was  named. 

Clark  says  that  he  was  one 
of  the  few  who  tnjoyed  the  fruits  of 
their  suffering  and  toil,  by  taking  pos- 
session of  the  land  for  which  they  served. 
He  (hew  lot  No.  IS  in  the  township  of 
Tully.  The  soldier  lii-st  settled  in  Chris- 
tian   Hollow    in    1702. 


'i'here  were  some  staunch  old  Revolu- 
ti(uiary  soldiers  that  took  up  their  resi- 
dence in  the  town  of  Otisco,  and  some 
who  served  Ihrongh  the  war  for  inde- 
lendc-nce  with  esi)ecial  honor.  The 
records  of  eight  have  been  found  for  this 
work.  Included  are  live  records  from 
the  court  reports  <if  thi>  Comnion  Pleas 
as    folh.ws:— 


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Li<:AVio'r'i'  hillings— 

'I'lic  service  of  tlu»  vt'tcnin  Lf-nvctt 
i'lllui^s  was  in  the  c-oinpuiiy  comiium  led 
li\  Captiiiu  Hjiiiics,  in  Colonel  Wigijles- 
wortli's  i.vtcinicnt  of  tlie  Mtissiieliusetts 
line,  lie  serve  d  lor  three  years,  anil  I'e- 
.■eived  ail  honorable  .liseharge.  In  ISlJO 
he  sail!  that  he  was  tiT  years  old,  liis 
wife  (Kt,  and  that  his  entile  pioiierty 
was  valued  at  .liTo.o^.  while  he  hail  d<d.1s 
lu  the  anionnt  of  $r>r).4!t.  Hillings  was 
a  loniniou  laborer. 
rOl310NKZKK    FR7-:NCH— 

in  (^apt.  .ronathan  AIUmi's  eonipaiiy. 
Col.  .\itenias  AVard's  leKiiiu-nt,  in  llie 
Nfassa.-liiuetts  ti-oo)i,  Ebeiiezi-r  I'^rench 
served  for  one  year.  He  topjied  off  his 
pn.perty  worth  .Sl'Jl.GO.  with  debts  »( 
.•<-J47..!r).  The  soldiers  wife  was  .V_'  years 
nid  ill  1S2(».  he  was  Go,  and  their  soi 
Vincent.  0.  French  was  a  fanner. 
I'^rench  was  among  the  first  settlers  of 
ihe  town  of  Olisco,  eoiiiiii;.,  soon  after 
1S02. 
.inilK  J.,AI»()W— 

Tin?  stddier  John  J^iidow  served  in  the 
c<>ni[iany  commanded  liy  Captain  Will- 
iams of  the  New  York  line,  and  after- 
wards in  Captain  Cray's  company,  in  the 
retrimeiit  c(miniaii(kHl  by  Colonel  Weis- 
enftddts.  Lad.-w  was  a  farmer  in  IS-JO. 
i;;i  years  uld,  and  had  propertv  worth 
^V2.r,U,  and  d.d.ts  of  .*t;2t;.7.-..  Mrs.  I^a- 
duw  was  (!.■'  years  idd,  and  their  ihniKh- 
lers  1."  and  10,  and  a  son  <»  years  old. 
CHltlSTOPFIKR  MONK- 

The  soldier  Christo|)her  .Monk  enlisted 
nt  Ston;;hton,  .Mass..  in  Cdoiiel  Shei.- 
pard's  rc-inicnl  of  the  Miissachiisetts 
liiu>,  t'aplnih  W'elib's  coni|iany,  for  nine 
months,  and  was  dis(diary:ed  npon  the 
liii;hlands-o))posite  West  Point,  by  ^Fajor 
Hall,  the  ct)iiimandanl.  Monk  came  in- 
to eonvt  on  tlie  2-lth  of  May,  lS2r>.  to 
make  atlidavit  as  to  his  service.  TIi; 
said  that  he  was  (57  years  old.  and  his 
property  was  worth  but  $.S(;.]2.  He  had 
a  mortwip"  aj,Minst  .Ionath;in  U,  .Niclmls 
for  .S:!(;0.  but  .l<.n.illian  was  insolvent 
and  on  the  "^lacd  limils,"  .iiid  the  laml 
had  lieeii  sold  on  a  jmifiiiient  that  was 
ahead  id'  ilu'  mortKatre.  Monk's  wife 
was  then  CC,  years  old.  .\l  Hie  aye  of 
7;?  in  1S:{1,  Monk  a;:ain  came  into  court 
and  asked  for  a  pension,  lie  then  had 
property    of    Sf-JCIMI,    and    since    1824    he 


said  he  had  been  supported  by  his  two 
sons.  .Joseph  and  Benjamin.  In  3840, 
the  soldier  was  still  alive  at  the  age  of 
S2.  and  resided  with   Anna   Monk.^ 

l';iA)N'   NOl^TON— 

Till-  service  of  lOlou  Morton  was  in 
Ca|it.  Stephen  Hall's  comimny,  in  Col. 
Ilcnian  Swift's  reiiiinent  of  the  Coiinei- 
liciil  troop,  from  March.  3777,  until  the 
I  lid  of  tile  Kevolutionary  war,  when  he 
\\as  disc!iar;:ed  at  U'est  I'oint.  Norton 
siiiil  that  he  had  i.roperty  worth  .i;:{<).49; 
that  he  owed  .i;S2:!.  and  he  "didn't  know 
iliat  aij.vone  was  inihdited  to  him  one 
reiil."  Norton  was  ■  a  cariienter  by 
iiade.  and  had  lost  all  the  fingers  from 
his  left  hand,  bnt  the  liltle  finger.  He 
w.is  (;2  years  old  in  1S2(>.  and  his  wife 
I  he    same  age. 


Tile  other  names  of  Revolutionary  sol- 
diers of  the  town  of  Ctisco,  collected 
fioni    printed    histories    and    records,    are 

as   lojlows:-- 

<,"I1AUN('|.:V    ATKINS— 

In  I.S4(>  the  veteran  (Jhanncey  Atkins 
gave  his  age  as  77  years.  He  was  a 
pensioner  and  lived   with  Hiram  Perkins. 

lOLTAKIM    CLARK- 

The  fiither  of  Willis  and  Lewis  (Jay- 
lord  Clark  was  lOliakim  (Jlark,  a  soldier 
id'  the  Kevolntion.  Cl.irk  was  an  early 
resident    of   Otisco. 

API'OI.LOS  KING— 

III  ]S4tl  the  pensioner  Appollos  Kins 
was  a  resident  of  the  town  of  Otisco. 
He  lived  with  his  family,  and  was  7(5 
ve.-irs  old. 


Spaflortl. 

Ill  the  town  of  Spafford,  whitdi  was 
not  erected  until  ISIl,  six  Kexolutionary 
soldiers  are  found  to  have  made  their 
home,- in  fact  the  first  settler  was  a 
Kevolutionary  jiatriot.  The  settlement 
of  Spafford  territory  was  slow  compared 
with  tliat  C)f  other  towns  in  the  county. 
Some  of  the  soldiers  who  first  settled 
ainouif  its  hills,  afterward  took  up  their 
residence  in  other  towns  and  their  names 
are  found  in  the  records  for  those  towns. 
The  veterans  who  came  before  the  court 
in  1S2(>  and  made  afhtlavit  as  to  their 
services,  are  as  follows: — 


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THOMPSON  HURDICK-  Connecticut    line,    for    one    ycnr.     Owen 

'riirt'c     .'ipidicutions     were     made     bj  wns    (lis<li;irj;LMi    nt    Aidiiistowii.    N.    .1., 

'riionipsou    Hiirdick    for    ii    pension,    and  in    177t!.        When    liic    veteran    went    td 

caeli  time  n:\\i'  a    record   of  ins  services.  eniirl    in    IS-JU.    lie    said    lliat    In-    was    (il 

III   ISJO.   at    the   aj,'.'  <d   CS.    hnrdiel;   lirst  years  .pld.  a*<l    that   all   Ids  properly    was 

apiilied.    hat    he   own«'d    up    to   too    much  only    of    the    value   of   JflOo.lii:,    wlnle    ills 

wealth    for    the    |)rovisioiis    of    tlie    act.  <lel>ts   auiotuited    to   $!.".(».     At    tliat    time 

Afraiii     was    application    made    in    1822,  Owen    wns    a    cununon    lahoi-er.    and    his 

and   the  third   tinn*  in   lS2o.      Jn  May   or  wife,  ayed  i!.'!.  <laui;;litei-  and  y:randdaii;;h- 

.liine,  177.".,   Hiy-dick  eidisted   at  Westei--  ter  lived   with   him. 

ly.    K.    1      in    the    company    <.f    Captain  SAMUKI.   fUINDKI^- 
Samnel   Ward,   regnneiit  ot   (^oloncd    Var-  ,      ^,  ,.    ,,  ,,,.,,. 

num,    General    Green'8    hriga.le    of    the  ,.',".. ^'j''  r;'.'"'"!"-;."'    ^  =";^="".  ^^ '," 

Uhode  Island  line.     This  was  at  the  lie- 
irinniny  of  the   war,   and   the   enlistment 


lonel      Patterson's     i-e-iment,      .Massa- 
(lUsetts     troop.     Siimuel     Prindel     served 

ths 


was    for    only    eight    months.       I'.ut    the  ,.,    ,.     .  ,    '  ,,,r        ,  i-  .    ,   • 

,        ,  11  1     .1  .  .  I'ntu    disehar.i-'ed.       i  heu    he   re-enhsted    Ui 

clouds    ;,'rew     darker    and     the    struf;>rl<'  .i ,, ,,  ,..•  n,,;>.   <(     i  i  ,,.  i  ' /'  i   ,,   i 

,.  II-       i"'-,.      ^1  11-  '''*    <oinpai..\    ol    ()rrin  .Moc M    rd.   v  o d  ud 

';■'■'•"';•/'.'"      ""'■'•)■    '"       ""'    ''",■    '"''"v  Vose-s     re.in.eut.    and     served     for    three 

IhouKht    ,t    was    .n    iMd.ruary,    he    a^a...  ,,.„,,,      ,,..    ^^.^,^    ,,„„sferre.l    to    C.ptain 

enlisted   f(M-   his  country.       the   period   of  Uoijister's  companv  hvfoic  his    lisdi'ir'    ■ 

enlistment    was    for    a    year    this    lime.  P.-in/i,.!  was  a   hla.'ksnnth  l.v  ....cnpa'timK 

Hurdick  s  refriment  was  at   rrositeet  llill.  i,,,,  ,||,.  ^^^,^^   coiintrv  wis  not  -i   iiImcc  for 

Moston,^   when    his    lir.st    di.scharp    wis  ,i,.,H.s     for    toilers  'at   'the    s.nithv.     Flis 


;riven  him.  and  he  re-eidisted  in  tl 


told,  was  only  worth  ^.•!<»..-.l. 


p.any    of    Captain    Eli.jah     Lewis    in    the        ^.-i,-,,,.    i',,^    ,|,,,,,^    j„,,,,,,,    „•,    jfll.-l.-n.     IT.' 
same    regiment.       Hpou    the    1st    of    .Ian-        ^^as   (i;;   years   of  :t-:e   in    IS-'O    ;ind    lived 
nary,    1777,    Kunlick    was   disehaired   at       ^y■^^\^    iijj   ^,,„     Sam'iel    I'rind,-']       \eeord- 
Croswiek's  meetiuj,'  house.   Pa.     Burdick       i„j,   u>  the   census  of   ISdo.    Primlel   was 
was  in  the  battles  of  Lo.i^r  Island,  White       still    drawiin:   his   pension    from    the   trov- 
Plains    and    Trenton.      In    the    battle   at       ei-nm<'nt. 
\\'hite   l^lains   he   was   wounded.    liavin;r 
been  shot  through  the  left  knee   with   a 
musket   ball.      Upon   the   last  two   appli- 
cations   before    the    court,    Eli.iah    tjran- 
dall    and    (.'ary    Clark    came    forward    to 
testify  as  to  Burdicdc's  service.     In  lS-J(t 
Hurdick    said    that    his    pi-oiierty,    which 
imduded    thirty    acres    of    land    at    iflT)!*, 
was    worth    .$-_';?7.(;S.    while       his      debts 
amounted   to  .l^l'.tl.n.     In  1X22  the  hind 
had   been  sold   npoii  a  .indgment.  and  the 
assets    had    shrunk     to    .f." '..'">..'>.'"),    while    in 
l.S2:{  the  entire  property  of  Hurdi<'k  was 
c<insidered  worth  only  !p2;?.81.     Rurdicdc's 
family  was   made  n\>  of  his  wife,   Tabi- 
tha,  aged   154,   whom   lu^  said   was   "very 
lleshy,    troubled    with    asthma,    and    not 
able  to  cook  a  meal  .d'  vi.'tuals."  a  child.        (jujtiOUT   PALMKIl- 
Sophia,    and    two    grandchildren,    Avery  The  lirst  s(dlh-r  within  the  pres.-nl  lim- 

and  Arrilla.  All  Mrs.  Burdick  could  do  J  \\,  \\J  ^J^l  J),'^  /j,,..,./  p,,„.,^.;.;  ^, 
was  to  "spin  a  little  now  and  then  on  a  ^„,,^i^.,.  ^^.,„,  ^^.^.^.^.^^  f,^,.  ^j,^,  ,,,t  j,^^„„ 
small   wheel.  ^,.,^i,.,,    ,„.  ^^.tthnl.      lie  located   upon   lot 

DANIEL  OWEN—  Til,  and  ilied  in  the  liiter  'thirties.     The 

The  service  of  Daniel  Owen  was  in  historian  Clark  told  nniny  in<-idents  of 
the  company  of  Captain  William  Hall,  th«>  vicissitudes  of  tlx-  Palmers  in  the 
regiment      of     C(dotiel      t^harles     Weldi,        new  country  t(.  which  he  came  in  ITOL 


In     the    i-ecords    :it      W 
Cliiyton's   History   ar(>    fo 
ing  siddicrs  of  Onondag.n: 

ishingfoii  and 
iml   the   follow- 

ALLEN  UREED- 

'^Phe  Uevolntionar.\'  sold 
w;is  a   resident   id'  i^palToi 
was  then  SI   years  of  age. 
Rnfiis    Breed. 

er  Allen  Breed 
1  in  1S4(».  He 
and  lived   with 

.lAcon  (!ri':en- 

The  name  (d'  .lacob  (In 
also  finds  a  place  in  the  ci 
1S4<».  as  a  pensioner  ami 
Kevoluti(Ui.      He    was    the 
age  and    liveil    with    his   fi 

ell  (d'  Spalfor<l. 
lisus  records  (d" 
1  soldier  of  the 
Ml  711  years  of 
niily. 

46 


r<>untv  nt  r.ai-s»-. 

Some  of  tlii>  sdldicrs  who  ciimo  bofon- 
the  coni-t  in  ISL'd.  iic.Lilt'clod  to  sivc  tliu 
ii.-imt'  ol"  till'  town  from  which  tlioy  rami', 
ami  simply  m.i(h'  oalh  that  th.-y  were 
residents  of  the  oonnty.  In  many  in- 
stances these  velei-aius  have  since  heen 
hicaleil.  no  (hjnlit.  tlu-ir  desceinlants 
know  enon^'h  of  their  early  history  to 
Liiv.'  their  residence  at  that  tinu'.  So  it 
is  thai  the  names  of  live  KeV(diitionary 
soldiers   in    this   work   are   not   placeil   in 

WILl.lAM   DJOAN— 

The  service  ol'  William  Dean  was  from 
the  1st  of  Jannary,  ITTC,  to  the  1st  of 
.lanuary,  1777,  in  Col.  .lonu  Dnrjins' 
rc^iinu'nt  of  ('t.niK'fticiit  trooi).  At  first 
the  veteran  was  in  Capt.  Thomas  Dyer's 
company,  and,  when  he  was  promoted, 
in  the  eomi)any  of  Capt.  Daniel  Tildeit. 
Dean  was  a  farmer,  j^ivinjr  his  a^e  as  (V2 
in  IS-JO,  and  said  that  in  conseqneiu-e  of 
his  a;;e  and  a  fall  from  a  wa^'on  he  was 
very  intirm.  With  him  lived  his  wife, 
Anmi.  .•i;;'ed  .jT;  his  son,  Kial,  aj;ed  IS. 
and  Lucy  Denny,  a>,'ed  10,  the  orphan  of 
a    soldier  wlio  died   in  tin-  .service  of  his 

•  onnlry  in  liie  war  of  1S12.  The  prop- 
erty of  tlu'  pensioner  wa.s  eonsidereil 
worth  .$1(>!».;{S,  ami  he  had  debts  amonnt- 
iiiK  to  .i;i ;'...")(».  A  note  which  he  held 
auainst   Kben  (laiidee   lie  considered   bad. 

•  K.-IIN    lllObMlCJl- 

At  the  age  of  (12  in  IS'JO,  .loliu  Iloliuer 
<-anie  before  the  court  and  niiide  atlida- 
vit  as  to  his  service,  lie  saitl  that  ueai' 
I  he  beginning  of  the  IJevt^lution  he  enlist- 
ed for  six  months  in  Col.  JNlariiis  Wil- 
letts'  regiment,  at  Cerman  I'^lats,  N.  Y., 
and  tiiat  he  assisted  in  tlu-  building  of 
l'\)rt  Staiiwix.  He  was  in  the  battle 
with  the  Indians  before  that  phu'c. 
About  Angnst,  177.'),  Helmer  enlisted  in 
Col.  Lewis  Dubois'  regimeiii,  until  Aiiril, 
1777,  when  his  company  was  disbanded, 
being  alniost  destroyed.  Then  the  veter- 
an served  the  Cnited  States  in  several 
capacities,  until  he  was  ordereil  by  Gen- 
oa 1  Sullivan  at  Tioga  Point  to  attach 
himstdf  to  his  army  and  serve  as  :\  bat- 
tea  u  man  on  boaril  boats  on  the  Susijue- 
hanna,  and  he  was  with  his  army  in  the 
buttle  at  Newtown.  Afterwards,  Helmer 
Wiin  taken  prisoner  by  Indians  in  the 
service  of  the  enemy,   nnd    was   kept   a 


pri.soner  ii\  Canada  until  the  close  of  the 
Uevolution.  He  said  that  while  a  pris- 
oner in  ('aiu.da  his  sufferings  were  very 
great,  as  for  the  larger  part  of  the  tijne 
he  was  kept  in  irons,  the  scars  of  which 
N\ ere  even  at  that  time,  1S20,  to  be  seen 
upon  him.  Helmer  was  a  tailor  by  oi'cu- 
Iiation.  and  his  property  was  scheduled 
as  worth  ,^4.").l:1  1-2.  The  veteran's  wife 
was  named  ;Mary,  and  his  children  were, 
.lohn,  aged  27;  Hi>nrv,  aged  ITi,  and  Eve, 
aged  1-{. 

.U)HN  HUKLP.KRT— 

Tiie  name  of  the  soldier,  John  Hnrl- 
bert,  was  also  spelled  Ilulbert  and  Htirl- 
biirt  in  the  allidavits  lu;  nia<le  in  1S2IK 
He  .said  that  he  was  (J!)  years  old,  and 
that  he  enlisted  for  one  year  in  the  lat- 
ter part  of  December,  177,"),  at  Weather- 
tield.  Conn.,  in  the  comicmy  of  Captain 
l''/.ekiel  Scott  ot  Farmington,  Col.  Sam- 
uel Wylly's  regiment,  Connecticut  line. 
Hnrlliert  served  until  December,  177G, 
when  he  was  dischargivl  on  North  River, 
New  York.  Again  the  veteran  enlisted 
in  the  sja-ing  of  1777  in  the  same  regi- 
nu'iit,  in  the  ccniipany  of  ('aptain  Henry 
Chamiiion,  for  eight  monlhs.  Hurlbert 
was  in  the  battle  and  retreat  at  Lcmg 
Island,  and  was  through  New  York  and 
nil  to  Kingsbridge.  Hurlbert  was  a 
fanner,  nnd  considered  his  jiroperty 
worth  .^S(;..",(l.  He  said  his  corn  wasn't 
wt.i'lli  much  thai  year,  because  of  tin' 
giasshopp.Ts.  Hurlbert  and  his  wife 
resi.led  witii  their  son.  His  wife,  he 
said,  had  no  clothing  except  what  she 
wiue  c\cry  day.  H(>  ])rinei[)ally  ttwed 
thre(>  doctors.  Abijah  liarber,  a  near 
neighbor,  made  allidavit  as  to  the  truth 
of  this. 
JKSSE  TEAGUIC— 

The  veleian  .Icsse  Teague  served  for 
about  two  years  and  four  months  in  the 
army  at  the  close  of  the  war.  He  had 
enlisted  to  serve  for  three  years  in  IMay, 
17S1.  but  was  discharged  in  the  fall  of 
17S;!.  Teague  enlisted  at  Weston,  INIass., 
in  Col.  .Tacivson's  regiment,  in  the  com- 
pany commanded  by  Capt.  Hill,  and  in 
j7S2  -.vas  triinsferred  to  the  regiment  of 
Col.  Kbeiie/.er  Sjtraut,  Massachusetts 
troops,  and  soon  after  volunteered  into 
the  company  of  rangers  on  the  British 
line  under  Capt.  Pritchard.  In  Teague's 
family  there  were  seven  por.sons  besides 
himself,  Peggy  Teague,  aged  49;  Maria 


47  . 


Jia.viK'il,  (l:ni;;litor,  iiKcd  11),  witli  Iht  iii- 
fiiut  tlanghter,  Eliza  Ann;  AVilliani 
TcMsno,  iiffod  16;  .Tominia,  ir»;  Jane  Ann, 
1"_',  and  Khniiia,  i).  Tlio  property  of 
Jesse  TeafTue,  who  was  a  nuison,  was 
valued  at  .I^S^.^if),  and  he  had  debts  of 
$(tS.()0.  Teajrue  owed  many  Ononda^ii 
and   I'onipey  people. 


■ia    Clark    and    Robert   Gil- 


MAKTIN   WALTER— 

^^'hen  lie  eanie  before  tlie  court  in 
IS-JO,  .Martin  Walter  was  (JS  years  old. 
Tie  said  that  he  served  for  ten  months, 
fi-oni  March.  177(i,  to  January,  1777.  in 
Capt.  J(dui  Zin^'lord's  eomi)any,  L'irst 
rc;;iment  of  New  York  troop,  command- 
(>d  liy  Col.  (Joose  Van  Seliaiek.  Upon 
the  ',)th  of  January,  1777,  he  apiin  en- 
listed in  the  same  cori>s,  to  serve  during 
th(i  wai',  and  \\as  discharged  upon  the 
Sth  of  June,  17S3.  Walter  was  a  com- 
mon lalioi'er.  His  wife,  IMiebe,  was  30 
years  old,  and  their  .sous,  Isaac  and 
Azariah,     were     aged     8  years     and  10       JACOB  WALTER— 

moiitlis  respectively.      Walter's   property  Jacob  Walter,  of  the  town  of  Manlius, 

was  worth  $33.05,  and  he  owed  $03.51.  lived  \ipon  the  great  lot  which  he  drew 
Peter  Marsh  and  Abraham  Everson^u  for  his  service  in  the  New  York  troo|p. 
owed     him,     while     lie     owed     AzarialilSBlIt  was  lot  70  of  the  old  town  of  Manlius. 


Smith,    CI: 
more. 

WILLIAM  STEVENS— 

Clayton's  histiu'y  ofOnondaga  gives  a 
record  of  Capt.  William  Stevens,  an  otli- 
cer  of  the  Uevolution,  and  a  member  of 
tlie  Boston  tea  imrty.  who  euiigrnted  to 
Onondaga  in  1703  or  '04.  Captain  Ste- 
vens was  one  of  the  Jirst  judges  of  the 
court  of  Common  IMeas,  and  the  first 
suiterintendent  of  the  salt  works.  Ca[)- 
tain  Stevens  died  in  Salina  Feb.  28,  ISftl. 
ISRAEL  SLOAN,   SR.- 

One  of  the  early  residents  of  the  cen- 
tury in  the  town  of  I'ompey,  was  Israel 
Sloan,  lirst,  a  Kevolutionary  soldier. 
Coming  tn  this  county  in  about  1S()4,  he 
purchased  prnpciiy  from  the  desceiid- 
aiits  of  ^^'il]ianl  Malcom  of  Whitestown, 
who  drew  his  lot  in  1704.  Patriot  Sloan 
came  here  from  Kiiidge,  N.  II. 


ir^oEzx:. 


Abl.L',   W'ni   11 

Alhio,  Sl.-i.lH'n....:i)S 
Atkins.  Cliuimrf.v.M 
Avcrv,    lii'iiiiis(Hi..4i> 

IJiiilcy.     Knoch 4'.  I 

Hakcr,    .):ih 2N 

Ui.kcf,     Louis 2S 

I'.iiktr,    .liio ol 

Ualcli,    John !•"> 

Kal-lwin.  lOlisli.i. ..  i> 
l-ial.sh'V,  An(lre\v..2(i 
i:annist.-i-.    .lessc.J.^ 

I!ai-I),T,   .loll ■■■A 

HariK  s.  Hcar-twi'll.Ki 
f.an-dWri      la'imiol.:il 

i;cacli.    .hiliii :u 

Heard,    liavid 1-' 

l-.fckrr.    H.'niy o-i 

I;.k-1m.,   .las IV 

KcMinj;.  .Ino IS 

Kennel,    Miles -.'A 

i;<neilict.    Anius....  ti 

1  tells.    Nathan o4 

r.illiiiKS.  Leavott..l4 
i;isl;(;i),    S.vlvanus.ll 

liisliop.    Lewis 2i; 

i:isho|).   .los :!1 

Klaekman.  David.  6 
llofianhis.    Menrw..2l) 

nookhunt,   Jus 1:1 

Kra^den.    Samuel. .J1 

lir.-eii.     Allen -Ifi 

Hrewster,    .los.    W.IK 

Uiislol.    .lohii 28 

i;i-iiiin,  John :« 

nieoks.   .Ino 40 

Ihmee,     Daniel (i 

r.ni-diek,  'riiom|)'n.4.") 

Ui;rke,    Silas l'«; 

Hush,   Coma. It U 

Hull. I-,  lOhen'i-,  SI'  12 
lUuler,    Kb.'n'r.   .jr.l2 

•  'adwell.    Jolm 4(1 

<'alil\vell,    .Iohn....H(i 

C.wi,   Levi    L1J 

"'ai-ter,    Unriis A'^ 

<'iilon,  Uiehaid....l,', 
Christian,    Mieh'l..4:i 

<-'l-'»P|).    Paul 12 

Clark,  Kliakim....44 
Clark.  Hezeklah..  7 
Clark,    John 33 

Clark,     Iteuli. 

'"link,'     \vin 11 

<Mai-k...    (!eo IS 

Cle;ivelalld.  N<die.l.',S 
Cleveland.    Uos'ell.l'ti 

C<n  kley.    ,lohn 2(1 

Cole.     .Vfloniiah.  .,  .12 

Cole,     Ja'bez IS 

Cole.     ,rohn 2(i 

CoiiklInK,  Jn(>.:...lS 
Conn.-r.     Daniel.. ..41 


I'l-andal,  .Ierem'h.l2 
Cunningham.  .Ino.lM 
I'nrtis.     Chapi>ell..82 

Dalllha.    John M 

DanCc  rth.    Asa 18 

Darlini;-,    Hei'i.) 20 

Dean,     \Vm 4(1 

DdonK,    .los H8 

Dej.u.v,     Uenj m:> 

Deslriow.     Jlenry..;!7 

Dill,    .lohn .!•:. 

Di.xon,    TIkjs 12 

Dorehfster,  Ueu'h.Hl 


I'laton,     lOphraim. 


!2  I 


lOllis,    ,lohn 

.IS 

"•'vans,    Sherebiah 

.:i2 

lOvans,    Win 

18 

l''ai  nham,     Keu  n. 

■',s 

l'\inin<ton.    'I'hos. 

;!.'■) 

Foot.     lOlK'iiezer... 

.42 

Koot,    Jtklel 

7 

Foster,     Win 

.:!8 

Fraver,     C.eo 

x, 

Freeman,    Stiles.. 

.:?8 

Freneh,    lObeiU'Zei 

.44 

.42 

Ca^e.     Nathaniel. 

12 

Cavlord,  Cbaunev 

;n 

c.ilberl.     Samuel. 

.ISO 

Coodali'.    .Nalhan. 

.41 

(low.    .laeoi)    (,;.... 

.2G 

.12 

C-M.-eli.    .laeob 

.  4.V 

Creenlield.     li:nos. 

.  7 

(5rlnnell.    (ieo 

.21 

(iridh.y.     Flijah... 

.2t; 

(iron.    Ambrose... 

.47 

Cnnti,     N.jble 

.29 

Hauar,     Stephen. 

Hah',     l''raneis.... 

.   8 

Hall.      lOphralni... 

.  10 

Hall,    l.saac- 

.13 

llav<s.     I5enj 

.13 

Helm.'r,   .John 

.46 

Henninan,    Jos... 

.22 

Derrick.     .John... 

.:>', 

Hibbird.     David.. 

Hiulue.     Ilendnek 

■.21 

.12 

HisMMk,'   ({ieiiaril 

.13 

Johnson.  Samuel., 
.lohnson.   Win.,   sr.: 

Jones,   Samuel 

June, '  Hen.i 

Keeler,    I'riah 

KelloKK.  l'hin..'US.. 
Kidder,     U.'uben... 

KiiiK.    Aiipollos 

K  iiapp,     Moses 

l^adnw,   John 

i^akm,    Wni 

I>awrenee,  David. 
Leonard.    Stephen. 

t.,oomls,     I'jliiah 

Manro,     S<iuire 

Mallorv,    (iill 

.Marble,     Kphralm. 

.Marvin.   Mhos 

MeCrakeii,  Wm... 
.McCulloek.  Kob... 
.MetJee.  Patrick... 
McHairie,    J.)lin... 

.McMillen.    Jos 

Me.Milh'n.  feter... 
Medler,  Christo'r.. 
.Meiss.  I'hineas.... 
Mellin.     .\uhison.. 

Merrill,    Asa 

-Merrill,     Caleb 

.Merrill,  Caleb  H... 
.Middler,     ,hiincs... 

Miles,     Wm 

.Molfett,  Zebulon.. 
Monk, Christopher. 
Moore,    Kbenezer.. 

.Moore,     Isaac 

.Moseley,  FObetie'r. 
Moulthrop,    .Moses, 

NearinK,    .lohn 

NeariiiK,  Loam..., 
Northrop,  .laeob.. 
North  wav,  Ozias. 
North  waV.  Zelias 
Northiiip,     Davhl., 

Nortcui,     lOion 

Norton,  Freeman 
Oleott.     Hezeklah. 

Oreutt,     Wm 

Owen.     Daniel 


Holiart,  

nolhr.„)l4.  David, 
llolbrc  K.\i,  Itarind 
Hookei.  Israel... 
Howaid,    ,lohn... 


W 


>k. 


Covil,     l';benf 

Coy,   Jos    

Cov,    Vine... 


Hump 


I  in 


\\\>\.-.    Oliver 

LmalslH-e,    .lohn.. 
Inuersoll.    Thos... 

1  vt  s,    .lohn 

.lackson.     J.Tein'h 
.laekson.    .lerem'h 


Robirson.  St^ph.. 
Root.  Nathaniel... 
Rocnds,  Samuel.. 
Summons,    .Jaoob.. 

Seott,   .lohn    

Seely,     (lldeon 

Seymour,  Zadock. 
Shephei-d,     .John... 

SKeels,    Simeon 

Slauson,    .lohn 


Uoai 


isra* 


.sr..4( 


Smith,    Austin... 
Smith,     Daniel..'. 

.-iiniin,    Doiiw 

Smith,     Jared... 

Smith,    ,lobn 

Smith,    .l;is 

Smilh,     Simeon.. 
Si)arlinK,    .lohn... 

Spoor,   .lohn 

S<iuJres.    .\mbros 
Stai)les,    Isaac. . . 

Stevens,     Wm 

Stone,    Samuel.., 

Suiion.    Henj 

SvM-et.    Timothy, 
Sweetinn',    l..e\vis 


John. 


I'aln. 
I'alm 


Rob 


Parks.    Asa 

Peck.    Daniel 

I'hares.  Simeon.. 
PIckard.    Nicholas 

Pitts,    C.ideon 

Poller.    Caleb 

Potter,  Zebudee.. 
Preston,  Shubal.. 
I'rlndel.  Samuel.. 
Pratt,    SUphcn... 

Ransier.     Ceo 

Roberts.  Freelove 
Reed.  Richard.... 
Re>'nolds.  l!'non>- 
Robin^tni.  P.enj... 
Ripley,    Pelh'm  W 


'IVasue.    .Jesse 

Teall,     Timothy... . 

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